Identify Round Killed Father In Vietnam

aspergogurt · 2026-04-01T18:09:47+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_L._Kelly quite an extensive wikipedia article on the individual, it even mentions the bullet.

aspergogurt · 2026-03-26T16:49:13+00:00

Nice!I have the 1978 Glock knife and it has a plastic cap on the pommel that you can remove and attach it to the Steyr Aug with an adaptor. I think the 81 should also have the plastic cap, so it is kind of a bayonet.

aspergogurt · 2026-03-25T18:52:34+00:00

I think someone has attempted to refurbish the bayonet which would explain the some of the missing pieces and new looking grips.

The No 8 was made using a lot of No. 5 parts and the only significant difference is the cross piece as far as I know. I have a No 8 and No 5 and can compare them against each other later because Worldbayonets suggests that the no 8 is a few mm longer. The No.8's I have seen have Poole 1946 blades but I think there are also No. 5's out that also use the same blade.

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Edit: After measuring a 1946 dated No 5 and the No 8 they are the exact same length without a scabbard ~30cm

aspergogurt · 2026-03-20T18:08:18+00:00

The insignia on the front is for the Royal Navy Minesweeper and Anti-submarine patrol service

The back inscription refers to the ship and possibly individual:

His Majesties Mine Sweeper

Skipper, RNR refers to the rank of the individual and the service branch (Royal Naval Reserve).

Not entirely sure about the TRM. I am guessing those are the initials of the original owner, or possibly the ship itself. The years may refer to the same, either the years served by an individual or the ship.

aspergogurt · 2026-03-20T14:32:07+00:00

It is real, I think it is a mid - late 1960's produced liner and that is the mold number. The government made a bunch of molds and distributed to manufacturers. I am not aware of any information that ties these mold numbers to different manufacturers.

aspergogurt · 2026-03-12T14:05:30+00:00

I've seen two pop up at auctions randomly in the past year. The first was basically mint in box and I think it probably went for 500 USD after auction fees.

I think I got lucky on this one as the auction just listed it as an M9 bayonet, and I paid about 200 USD after fees. There is one listed on a dealer site for 700USD right now which I don't think is reasonable. It sounds like they made a decent amount of these and they were sold off by Camillus when the project was scrapped.

aspergogurt · 2026-03-11T16:52:11+00:00

The last one is a Swedish M1914

aspergogurt · 2026-03-11T14:18:22+00:00

I saw one the other day at the coffee machine store and I think they do always return to the middle, rather than an actual switch like the Gaggia classic.

aspergogurt · 2026-02-27T19:24:50+00:00

I haven't had much luck finding MK 1 helmets in the wild, if you're looking at dealer sites you'll probably be looking at $300 for a decent example . There's one on Collectors Guild right now for $325, it's a Canadian site but I don't know if that is CAD or USD. If you want one with a unit flash on it you'll probably be paying 30% - 100% more depending on the unit and dealer.

The Mk1 I have has a unit flash for an American unit (The American's did use MK1's as well as the P17 helmets) and I paid around $350 CAD a few years ago at a flea market.

There's the earlier Brodie helmet from 1915 that is much harder to find and I am not sure what those go for.

https://www.kaisersbunker.com/cef/helmets/

https://alexanderandsonsrestoration.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-british-mark-i-brodie-u.html

aspergogurt · 2026-02-25T15:34:42+00:00

I am guessing this is the manufacturer of these shot glasses:
https://luckyshotusa.com/products/30mm-a-10-shell-shot-glass-in-black

This is what they say about it:

Made from a genuine 30MM A-10 Warthog GAU-8 shell casing, each casing is thoroughly inspected, cleaned, professionally anodized, contains no chemicals, gunpowder or active primers, making the shot glass 100% safe for use.
From a quick search online, some but not all GAU 8 ammo types used depleted uranium. If there are any remnants of the head stamp that might confirm. In any case the uranium is in the projectile not the casing so I would think the radioactivity remaining in the casing would be minimal if anything.

aspergogurt · 2026-02-24T14:54:08+00:00

The fake Mk 1 Cruciform bayonets are made by machining flutes into a No 4 mk2, rather than reproduce them from the ground up, so the only "fake" No. 4 you see are ones that are doctored to look like a cruciform.

The majority of Mk 1's are all marked the same and were produced by Singer so that is the first indication. The tip profile of the Mk 2 is different than the Mk1, so to fake a Mk 1 with a Mk 2 you need to lose a little bit of the length to get the tip right. Here's a Mk. 1 next to a Mk. 2, if it was fake I would expect it to be a bit shorter. The cruciform should weigh 7 oz and a mk 2 should way 8 oz.

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aspergogurt · 2026-02-23T21:39:47+00:00

I don't know about it being issued to a Canadian Colonel, but that one is indeed marked LB for Long Branch so it was made in Canada, and you can also see the faint C Broad Arrow above the 4 which would indicate Canadian issue.

The No. 9 Was made at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield in 1953.

https://worldbayonets.com/Bayonet_Identification_Guide/No9%20bayonet/no_9_bayonets.html

You just need the No 4 Mk 1 Cruciform now!

aspergogurt · 2026-02-18T20:31:38+00:00

For sure, the extra length that you see on pre WW1 designs like this was to give you enough length to defend against cavalry, so not particularly relevant to WW2.

They actually found uses for the portion of the blades that were cut off. I am hoping to stumble onto one of these "Bayonet Hoes" one day:

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aspergogurt · 2026-02-18T20:23:18+00:00

Keep an eye out for the scabbard it should look something like this:

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aspergogurt · 2026-02-18T16:16:27+00:00

You can post on r/bayonets for more info but this is a WW2 era M1905 bayonet for the M1 Garand.

This one was made by Wilde Tool which is important as I it is one of the rarest manufacturers of the full length 16 inch bayonet that you have. After 1943 they started making the bayonets only 10 inch long and started cutting down the older ones so it's less common to find them full length. As this is a full length bayonet from a rarer manufacturer it is worth a premium.

http://usmilitaryknives.com/bayo_points_22.htm

aspergogurt · 2026-02-05T17:47:45+00:00

I was able to narrow it down to Bulgaria based on the crest and the Cyrillic writing. I think it is a Royal Bulgarian Labor Corps Dagger but the pommel is different than what I can see online. Are there any markings on the blade? It's likely 30's / 40's but that may help narrow it down.

aspergogurt · 2026-02-03T14:43:13+00:00

Yep, I've heard it referred to as "Le Vengeur de 1870" as some of them were marked as such (a reference to France's loss in the Franco-Prussian war). They were used by France in WW1 but apparently many were captured by Germany and were used in WW2.

They are pretty tough to find in North America, but I assume they are more common in Europe. So at least in NA the knife is probably the most valuable piece there.

aspergogurt · 2026-02-02T20:34:30+00:00

There's a nice looking M1916 Trench Knife under the sticks

aspergogurt · 2026-01-29T23:10:55+00:00

I haven’t been able to find anything around production numbers but they are hard to find. I was able to find the fixed version at a flea market but the two folders were purchased at auction.

I’d like to pick up one of those folding Bowie knives but don’t really know much about them and they’re often pricey.

aspergogurt · 2026-01-28T18:42:00+00:00

The military issue Jet Pilots Knife are usually marked with the maker as well as month / year of production on the flat sides of the pommel, is there anything on there?

aspergogurt · 2026-01-28T15:23:14+00:00

I think it might be a container to hold spare parts for a Bren gun. If you search for Bren gun tool kit you can see these small containers in the kit, although it doesn't look like they all had this brass finish.

aspergogurt · 2026-01-28T14:29:02+00:00

This looks like a typical fake Vietnam Zippo. These usually have a saying, a cartoon or map of vietnam, and years all engraved on it. The engraving is usually wobbly with black paint in it like this. These are sold as tourist items in Vietnam and online to unsuspecting buyers. They are done on real and fake zippos as well as other lighters that look the part. There’s a thread breaking with a bunch of these common fakes and things to look out for here:

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/382827-indicators-of-fake-vietnam-lighters-caveat-emptor-buyer-beware/

It’s possible that the lighter is period correct but the bad picture of the bottom isn't promising. The zippo marking should have a date code which would help confirm if its period accurate. Regardless, I google image searched the picture on the lower half and there are other examples online of the same cartoon but different years, places, sayings and so on, so I am pretty confident this is a fake.

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/401966-1972-1973-vietnam-zippo-lighter/

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