Steve1871 Posted 31 January , 2020 Share Posted 31 January , 2020 I have a regular S-15 bayonet and scabbard I may be wrong, but It seem’s that all S-15’s were made by Gottsoe and have never heard of any that were unit marked and all are undated. A friend just offer me a spare, with the above, I turn down, no different markings to collect. Hope was good choice, but what I wonder is, are there any differences in S-15’s? Different fullers maybe? Only made for short period. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 1 February , 2020 Share Posted 1 February , 2020 9 hours ago, Steve1871 said: I have a regular S-15 bayonet and scabbard I may be wrong, but It seem’s that all S-15’s were made by Gottsoe and have never heard of any that were unit marked and all are undated. A friend just offer me a spare, with the above, I turn down, no different markings to collect. Hope was good choice, but what I wonder is, are there any differences in S-15’s? Different fullers maybe? Only made for short period. Thanks Hi Steve, Correct designation is the S.14! And there is a book on these - Ian Jackson, Imperial German bayonets : the Seitengewehr 1914 models Stoneleigh Press, 2012. There are two types. The regular type is more-or-less like a 84/98, but longer - 44.6 cm overall, blade of 31.5 cm. There are 8 maker-marks represented, the 'G' for Gottscho being present on two of these. The 'Gottscho' proper is a different thing. More like a S.98/5 but with a narrow 36.2 cm blade and a single one-piece grip like the S.98aA, but grooved on the base only. Unit-marked examples exist for both types. Which have you got? The 'Gottscho' with the single piece grip is the rarer. Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1871 Posted 1 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2020 Hey Julian! I have the standard (plain) S14. And the saw backed too, both with scabbards The one I talk about here is the longer bayonet with same Crossguard as 98/05 plain variant, gottscho ( lightbulb logo) the one on top in photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1871 Posted 1 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2020 In a post somewhere, forgot my title, I posted pics of my S14. S15 together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1871 Posted 1 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2020 Yes the one piece grip on the longer one. On the long ones that people call the s15, gave you ever seen a sawbacked one, how rare are those?? , no have one those drawbacks YET!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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