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The SOS show was great for the dress bayonet collector. I saw at least 20 TM / Distributors that wasn't in my collection. I couldn't afford them all but a couple other bayonet collectors picked up several. Gun show was great, again didn't have enough money. Did find a HK variant that I had been looking for. In fact seen two of them, short and long bladed examples. If you have never went to an SOS your missing a great time. Seen John Z., Chester L., and Arnold S. Boy did those guys rake in several nice pieces. Thanks again to Denny G. and Dick H. for letting me tag along.

Terry:

It was great to see you and Denny there as well.

I had a great show.

John

Terry you have to wonder how many TM variations are out there...did every medium city put a stamp on em?

I would guess that a lot of the cities would have had uniform and accessories shops as the Germans militarized. So much of the economy depended on the military that almost everyone was involved in one way or another.

These military shops had the opportunity to add their name and logo, in some cases, to the items they sold. And daggers and bayonets were a large part of what they sold.

That could explain why such a large number of maker or distributor marks existed. Not to mention that many of the manufacturers changed their trademarks as well.

John