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Lot 386
A vintage South African pattern No.9 bayonet, complete with associated scabbard.Likely of 1960’s manufacture and made by the South African Armaments Corporation.Un-fullered blade with single edge to bottom part, and a shorter edge to the top of the blade.Parkerised finish and un-sharpened blade as issued.Complete with its steel scabbard, as originally utilised with the Uzi sub-machine gun bayonets. Length in scabbard 27.5cm, blade length 16.8cm. Condition: generally good.Much of parkerised finish remaining, some normal service wear to the scabbard. Also, a Belgian ‘Licot Namur’ machete, likely of 19th century manufacture. Of relatively crude form, with a double edged blade and a long narrow fuller to both sides, and the makers mark stamped into one side of the blade. Decagonal shaped wooden handle / pommel, with flattened brass and steel binding to the handle. Overall length 59.2cm, blade length 47cm. Condition: overall, well used. Heavily patinated blade, with evidence of sharpening to both sides. Wear to handle commensurate with age and use. Scabbard / sheath absent.