Prototype bayonet

[greerhw 0]

Any idea how many of these were produced ?

[Brian Alpert 0]

it appears to be a Taft-Peirce prototype dagger bayonet  (pg 31 and 38) with a conventional scabbard.  The mounting lugs were somewhat different than the production JSAR so it would be of interest if it fit the standard JSAR.  Great find.  Maybe one of a kind.

[greerhw 0]

Bruce Canfield has one.

[ArtR 0]

More than probably, it was Bruce's that was photographed for the book.

[bdm 0]

Nice find never saw one before

[greerhw 0]

It's not mine, but I wish it was !

[Bruce Canfield 0]

I wish I did have one of the Taft-Peirce prototype dagger bayonets but I don't and have never seen one "in the flesh."  Very rare item indeed.

[Ed Johnson 0]

It is possible that the collection of the late Bruce Stern, Esq. of CT and a staunch member of the the NRA may have had one in his collection. It would been part of the auction in Maine that was held following his death a few years ago. Walt Liss and I saw some of this when Bruce visited us a couple of years before he died.  ej