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Welcome to 'Old Bayos' - The exciting new resource for the identification of old bayonets!

This is a new, exciting and comprehensive site designed to hold a vast library of information of use to the antique bayonet collector. We already have a huge image library of hundreds of bayonets and hundreds of examples of official patterns/models from many different nations.

The site is designed to help collectors identify and date bayonets in their collections. It aims to be the largest online resource of its type on the Internet.

The site has some very useful tools including amongst others……

  • Database - Thousands of bayonets that can be searched using a variety of methods.
  • Gallery – A gallery of official national patterns.
  • Makers – Details of thousands of makers and retailers. Including a method to identify a company from a partial name or address.

Register now to start using this great resource!

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Bayonets, in one form or another, have been in constant use for hundreds of years, in the age of weapons of mass destruction, the bayonet is still carried in every major conflict.

This site mainly focuses on the period from 1700 - 1945 covering bayonets from such conflicts as:

  • American War of Independence
  • Napoleonic Wars
  • War of 1812
  • Spanish American War
  • Crimea
  • American Civil War
  • World Wars I & II
  • ..... and many others from the period.
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