LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1905: Blade
built 174 days ago
The special design of 1905 and the therefore necessary special techniques have been further developed by Friedr. Dick. Both then and now the knife series 1905 is captivating thanks to its exceptional appearance. Modern materials and manufacturing processes are used today. The symmetrical steel rings are inseparably connected to the plastic using a unique technology. The blade has a slim ground design and the knife is perfectly balanced and tapers to the tip.
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World War II operational requirements led to the Ordnance Department decision to shorten the M-1905 bayonet to a 10" blade. Large numbers of the M-1905 bayonets were returned to be remanufactured with 6" taken off and a new tip ground on the blade. There were two styles of tip, a spear point centered on the blade and a Bowie-knife style curved diagonal cut end. These bayonets are referred to as the M-1905E1 bayonet, the name given when in experimental production. Since no distinction was made regarding which M-1905 bayonets in inventory were to be reground, you can find examples of the M-1905E1 with any date markings. As a result of this regrinding, original M-1905 bayonets, especially the early production, are rare today.
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The Wrights began to build a new aircraft in May 1905, salvaging the engine, propellers, and hardware from the Flyer II. The new Flyer III was designed to overcome the problems they had encountered the year before. Both the elevator and the rudder were larger, giving the airplane better pitch and yaw control. The brothers had ... encountered problems with "side slips"—the airplane tended to slide sideways in the air during a turn—so they installed semi-circular "blinkers" between the elevator surfaces to keep the airplane flying forward and gave the wings a very slight dihedral angle. They also noticed that the propellers tended to twist and flatten while they were spinning, reducing thrust. To prevent this, they attached tabs they called “little jokers” to the trailing edges of the blades.
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The bayonet for the M-1903 Springfield rifle was originally a rod bayonet, replaced in 1905 with the M-1905 bayonet. When the M-1 Garand rifle became the standard service rifle, this bayonet was still used. The M-1905 bayonet was the standard bayonet from 1905 through World War II and beyond, even though new, shorter bayonets were issued in the 1940s, such as the M-1 ten inch blade for the M-1 Garand.
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