AK Bayonet: Evolution and History

[@bigfuzzy84]

Anything can be considered obsolete until you need it

[@corneliussulla9963]

I just bought a GDR Type 1 from 1959. Its completely black with grey leather parts and a grey string. Thanks for the general info about them. I remember when one could buy them in the 90´s for like 15 German Marks. Now I paid 80€ and have seen even higher prices.

[@richie6329]

Got mine for £20 a few weeks ago but it's in really bad condition

[@TheNocturnalEvil]

The best AKM bayonet ever made was the KCB-77 M7. It was a variant of KCB-77 made in 1977 by Eickhorn-Solingen to fit on AKM rifles. It's tough to find though. Due to longer length its wire cutter can cut barbed wires, it also has a screwdriver block and bottle opener on the sheath. The American M9 bayonet copied almost all of its features from the KCB-77.

[@GearyGunderson]

Thanks for the info. I was unfamiliar with that one.

[@TheREALLibertyOrDeath]

Check out the Cz Bren bayonet!

[@wolfproducts]

Thanks for the information. Enjoy the video content. I just got the Yugo M70 Bayonet, I like the black coloring and just finished sharpening it and fixed the edge damage.

[@GearyGunderson]

That's a good pickup! The Yugo M70s are the best deal on the AK bayonet market right now.

[@badas45]

Very informative I just got my first AK bayonet Its Yugoslavian I like the modern type that's the next one ill get

[@Kriegerdammerung]

The latest AKM bayonet can be used in the German G36 rifle!!! As of the usability of these weapons of war, in 1982 during the Liberation of Malvinas an Argentinian soldier stabbed a Chilean troop fighting for the British. He told this to my older brother in the 1990s. Maybe in urban combat while clearing a building bayonets can be used still.

[@pablofernandez8689]

Is better do not trust anything which come from a british even if you are a british.

[@pointynotsharp]

Fantastic video! I can't believe I only just found it

[@GearyGunderson]

Thanks, I see you’re putting up some good content yourself!

[@scottlehman9738]

Very cool video. Thanks for the info.

[@Haddam-Sussein]

I never understood why the handle and the blade are not aligned in straight line and there seems to be a slightly bent upwards on the spine.

[@Paradox_Universal]

Got a akm type 1 for $15 at a convention when i was around 10, had the handle redone with walnut keeping electrical resistant property. Maybe be a garbage multitool but makes a nice work knife but im to paranoid about ruining the edge after spending hours on it

[@woolywool1889]

I don’t even care that much about guns but you make it very interesting thank you

[@GearyGunderson]

Thanks!

[@kevmoful]

I like the type 56 spike. Just like the bayonet being part of the rifle

[@chocolatemonk]

great vid

[@GearyGunderson]

Thanks!

[@youexterminatedbruh2854]

fun thing: you can put the bayonet ring into the sheath of the bayonet to form a hammer and handle, or a weird stabby thing

[@qi3454]

nice video, I really like it helped a lot about knowing the ak bayonets, but I have some questions, do those bayonets have blades? I been looking to buy a 6h5 made by the circle 10 just like the one in the video and use them as a camp knife (I really liked how they looked ) but it's hard to tell from the video if those have blades and if they do how does it been shaped is it like the knife we used daily ? thanks

[@GearyGunderson]

Thanks, they are not the sharpest blades, but I think they are still handy as a utility knife for various tasks. If out of the box sharpness is important, you're probably better off with a standard commercial knife.

[@qi3454]

@@GearyGunderson thanks, that will help

[@woolf850]

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[@armedpenguin3825]

Nice collection you have there.

[@U-H-M]

@5:05 I recently acquired the one in the middle

[@PillarCrown]

I just bought a type 1 similar to yours and I’m trying to find the frog hanger like tho one you have. I also have a Romanian WASR 10/63 and am trying to find a new gas block because mine has been filed down. Any clue where I could find a new frog hanger and gas block?

[@GearyGunderson]

I think Apex gun parts had some of the hangers, also you should be able to find them on ebay as well. I'm not sure where to begin looking for gas blocks though.

[@TheCowboyfromhell87]

Just weld on a new lug and file it to fit. Much easier than replacing a gas block

[@andrewgates8158]

Can a yugo ak take a type 1 ak47 bayonet?

[@GearyGunderson]

It should fit. The mounting points should be the same. I don't have a Yugo AK, but my yugo bayonet fits the same AKs that my Type 1s fit.

[@DAIadvisor]

I have several original Type 1 bayonets with rusted blades, so with a fair degree of certainty, I can tell you that they're NOT stainless blades. :)

[@StrelokTheStalker]

My good man... I realize this is an annoying question, but you seem to be the man to ask. I am looking for a type of bayonet with some specific properties.. I would like one that has removable wood or plastic panels, as opposed to the one-piece bakelite or plastic housing. The reason is because I want to carve new wood panels and stain them to go with the furniture on the rifle.. so lastly, it needs to fit and lock onto an Arsenal Sam7r-61 (which as far as I know will accept a type 1 bayonet. Any ideas as to which one I should be hunting for? Thank you in advance.

[@GearyGunderson]

I've never personally taken one apart, but Type 1s have at least part of a tang. The grips are usually held on with a combination of glue and pins or plugs. Your could probably find one with damaged grips for cheap and use that, however as long as it fits, a Type 2 may be easier. If you reuse the metal pommel, then the button mechanism for release is already self-contained, while the button and release on a Type 1 is integrated into the bakelite handle.

[@StrelokTheStalker]

@Guns, Guns, Gear, and Guns with Geary Gunderson I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to reply to that. I ended up finding a Yugoslavian M70 Bayonet and waiting for it to come in. As you said, it has the self-contained metal apparatus already in it. The more difficult part will be removing the center pin, likely drilling it out, I'd imagine, and carving a new unit out of Birch laminate. I'm told I may have to slightly alter the lug on the rifle so it clicks in. This is because apparently, modern Bayonet lugs are actually not bayonet lugs at all, but accessory lugs that are made for an underbarrel grenade launcher, thus the lug itself is a slightly different shape, and has to be rounded out before the bayonet will click in place. The fix seems to be universal, but the grenade launcher theory is more sporatic online. Hard to say if its true.

[@GearyGunderson]

@@StrelokTheStalker I actually had not heard that theory of the grenade launcher. I have put bayonets on several ak platforms over time and one bayonet may be a tight fit on one and a little loose and rattle in another. They don’t seem to be uniform and if some were off the launcher design or size it would make some sense.

[@stralegaming2597]

When putting the bayonet in it's sheath the button should face away from you, and serials should be facing outwards.

[@TheSilmarallion]

2:51 Is that a version of the AK Bayonet, I was given one as a gift recently and is basically the exact same in color and it does not have the rubber on the sheeth? Did they come out like with no rubber, I am also trying to get a frog for it as it did not have one. The bayonet was given as gift during the SA bush war 1975 to the person who gave it to me, when 32 Battalion base was erected in 1974-75 or around that time.

[@GearyGunderson]

They were generally issued with the rubber on the sheath, but I have seen a lot of examples where it is missing completely. I am not certain if some soldiers just ripped them off or if they got ripped off and were not replaced, but I think they generally were issued with the rubber. There are some frogs for these, though it was more common to use the hangers as shown in the videos. I'm sure you'll be able to find one on ebay or somewhere else online.

[@TheSilmarallion]

@@GearyGunderson great thanks. I have found a few places selling the hangers/frogs and rubber.

[@CombatenteSniper]

Como eu consigo comprar uma dessas? Eu sou do Brasil e quero ter uma dessas

[@raphlvlogs271]

why do their edges face upwards?

[@DylanDraper1]

Coriolis effect

[@angryfoxzd5233]

Just wondering will the Russian bayonets fit onto American made rifles? Or was it for AK only?

[@GearyGunderson]

They usually fit on American made aks, sometimes they are a little tight, but they generally try to make them with the same dimensions

[@cyrusgraham292]

Desert Shield,Desert Storm It was a souvenir I brought back from the Gulf War! Weapons we seized from the Iraqi Bunkers.

[@Hasan-vf4ww]

Değeri ne kadar ?

[@bigwig2096]

High thumb sir 👍

[@danveypilante]

Can you put machete in bayonet

[@GearyGunderson]

If you add the handle attachment features, you could turn a machete into a bayonet.

[@free00to00ryhme]

Why hasn’t anyone made an after market ak bayonet with the blade pointed outward and all the other features included in the classic design? I feel that an aftermarket akm bayonet would be a cash cow

[@GearyGunderson]

I think it’s mostly just that they are so easy to get real ones for $20-30 still that most people will gravitate towards that instead. Am aftermarket may open up when they inevitably start to get more expensive.

[@samk6611]

I need to buy one😢

[@GearyGunderson]

There are still some good deals out there, but even in the past few years, they seem to be getting more expensive. If you get a chance, I'd go for it.

[@RedSonjaAirsoft]

In Russia, these knives are prohibited by law for possession by civilians. You can buy them, but they will have cuts or specially heated blades.

[@thomaslennon3658]

I collected them when you could get em at a decent price, way too expensive now!

[@cyrusgraham292]

The type 2 third bayonet

[@김명환-d9m]

Wire cutter

[@duniordiaz6019]

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