Original French WWII MAS 36/29 Paratrooper Rifle Needle Bayonet - Stamped 91 Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts This smith is listed in

This smith is listed in the Seki Tanrensho Booklet printed in 1939

- Visible temper line ("hamon") on the blade cutting edge

but now only a few buttons still have some of the original finish present

PAT'D MARCH [6 1860]

Original French WWII MAS 36/29 Paratrooper Rifle Needle Bayonet - Stamped 91 Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts This smith is listed inOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1936 the French Army adopted the MAS 36 bolt action rifle, which carried a needle bayonet, 17'' in length, stored in the reverse position inside the fore stock of the rifle. For use it was simply reversed with the long needle blade extended in front of the rifle muzzle. Great quantities of the bayonet were issued in 1939. With WW2 looming, the French adopted an interesting folding stock version with a hollowed