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Post by mikhail on Sept 19, 2015 3:32:46 GMT
Hey everyone, new aussie to the board Glad I washed up here on what looks like a great, friendly forum. I've been a bayonet collector for a long time (also a sporting shooter both pistol & rifle, no simple task in this country!) but have recently caught the virus which is the fascination with long blades. I'm waiting with a ridiculous amount of impatience for my first to be delivered (a Brit Pattern 1821 artillery), and with luck a couple more in the slow-moving international postal pipeline after that. Looking forward to learning and contributing where I can  |
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Post by Scott on Sept 20, 2015 2:01:11 GMT
Welcome! Always good to have another aussie around.
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Post by mikhail on Sept 20, 2015 4:45:14 GMT
Cheers for the welcome, Scott With luck, I'll be able to show off my first acquistion soon. |
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Sept 20, 2015 4:51:45 GMT
In the meantime, you could show off your bayonets!
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Post by madmandom on Sept 20, 2015 5:00:38 GMT
Yeah mate welcome the more of us Aussies the better. Now how bout those bayonets?
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Post by Stromlo_Swords_USA on Sept 20, 2015 5:21:51 GMT
G'day mikhail,
Welcome! I can sometimes folks help with shipping to aus if you need it just let me know, I'm in ACT.
Cheers, Rob
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Sept 20, 2015 6:06:29 GMT
G'day mikhail, Welcome! I can sometimes folks help with shipping to aus if you need it just let me know, I'm in ACT. Cheers, Rob Welcome ! Rob is a great guy and has helped me out on several occasions, what state are you in ? |
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Post by mikhail on Sept 20, 2015 6:21:40 GMT
G'day Rob! Cheers mate, good of you to offer, its appreciated. Yeah sorry re the bayonets, had a brief computer issue there heh Be warned...I have a few P1907 Wilikinson   Aussie LiA1/SLR   Enfield No.4 Got this for my rifle (like all my guns to have the correct bayonets, where possible) and just after ordering realised it has a postwar target barrel, and no lugs. Lol /facepalm  SKS, unfortunately not likely to get my hands on one heh  Same with the AKs...Yuogoslav  East German  Mosin Nagant 91/30 pigsticker, a cruciform design  Yugoslav Mauser, which fits on a repro K98 .22 trainer...kinda funny   Swedish Mauser with frog   AFH M1 Garand   And more swords...P1856 Enfield Yataghan style     Swiss K31 sawback, AKA the beast lol     So far, I think that's it |
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Post by mikhail on Sept 20, 2015 6:24:34 GMT
G'day mikhail, Welcome! I can sometimes folks help with shipping to aus if you need it just let me know, I'm in ACT. Cheers, Rob Welcome ! Rob is a great guy and has helped me out on several occasions, what state are you in ? Hey aussie NSW, mate...Sydney specifically. So all good re legal issues on the sword & bayonet front, for now anyway. Just want to say thanks again to all for the warm welcomes here |
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Post by William Swiger on Sept 20, 2015 11:41:34 GMT
Nice collection. Welcome to SBG!
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Sept 20, 2015 12:40:25 GMT
NSW, mate...Sydney specifically. So all good re legal issues on the sword & bayonet front, for now anyway. Just want to say thanks again to all for the warm welcomes here We are all a great bunch here I also have a Swedish 96 bayonet, but just the one. |
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Post by mikhail on Sept 20, 2015 12:40:51 GMT
Cheers, William! Much appreciated.
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Post by mikhail on Sept 20, 2015 12:47:18 GMT
NSW, mate...Sydney specifically. So all good re legal issues on the sword & bayonet front, for now anyway. Just want to say thanks again to all for the warm welcomes here We are all a great bunch here I also have a Swedish 96 bayonet, but just the one. Thanks aussie...definitely fell into the right place, I think! The 96's are generally in good shape, like the Swiss bayonets they saw little use at the uh, 'pointy end' of things heh (no offence meant to any resident Swedes/Swiss here ) Do you have the Swede to go with it? I managed to pick up both the long Carl Gustav and carbine versions - not for nothing are they sought after for Service rifle, very nice guns. |
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Sept 20, 2015 12:57:06 GMT
Thanks aussie...definitely fell into the right place, I think! The 96's are generally in good shape, like the Swiss bayonets they saw little use at the uh, 'pointy end' of things heh (no offence meant to any resident Swedes/Swiss here ) Do you have the Swede to go with it? I managed to pick up both the long Carl Gustav and carbine versions - not for nothing are they sought after for Service rifle, very nice guns. Sadly, while I did have a collection of 23 rifles and a bunch of handguns since I was young, now I no longer have a single bang-stick, my ex had my firearms permit held up while a custody dispute was in progress and I have not sought to get it back. 45 years as an amateur gunsmith, professional fox hunter, target shooter, etc. Them's the breaks |
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Post by mikhail on Sept 20, 2015 13:10:51 GMT
Thanks aussie...definitely fell into the right place, I think! The 96's are generally in good shape, like the Swiss bayonets they saw little use at the uh, 'pointy end' of things heh (no offence meant to any resident Swedes/Swiss here ) Do you have the Swede to go with it? I managed to pick up both the long Carl Gustav and carbine versions - not for nothing are they sought after for Service rifle, very nice guns. Sadly, while I did have a collection of 23 rifles and a bunch of handguns since I was young, now I no longer have a single bang-stick, my ex had my firearms permit held up while a custody dispute was in progress and I have not sought to get it back. 45 years as an amateur gunsmith, professional fox hunter, target shooter, etc. Them's the breaks Arghh, mate! That must have been a wrench, I feel for ya...and 23, damn you did better than I've managed lol Don't those laws suck - and prosecuted under the flimsiest of pretences too. All in the guise of "protecting the community" jesus that phrase has gotten old and no mistake heh Still, I guess you can quench your thirst on bladed weapons now |
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Sept 20, 2015 13:14:55 GMT
Arghh, mate! That must have been a wrench, I feel for ya...and 23, damn you did better than I've managed lol Don't those laws suck - and prosecuted under the flimsiest of pretences too. All in the guise of "protecting the community" jesus that phrase has gotten old and no mistake heh Still, I guess you can quench your thirst on bladed weapons now Collected knives since I was 7, so I have quite a few swords since I was 18 ish, have a few nice ones |
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