Hello all! I received my Bayonet 2000 in April of 2025 from the same source mentioned here. A different, well-known collector, had posted a picture of his 2000 and I was so impressed by the design I started researching the Bayonet 2000 which of course, led me to this site. Without divulging the specific price, I can tell you it was right around what I I saw for pricing history listed here, or elsewhere, I forget.  Which leads me to think I'm not sure just how much more the value can increase above the $400 - $500 range experienced over the past few years. It reminds me of a comment made by Ian Jackson, who has written several books on the Imperial German Imperial S1914, regarding rarity ratings of these scarce bayonets. I found an extremely rare one (unmarked) attributed to ODEON. Only 3 exist in known collections. His remark was that there are not many S1914 collectors and therefore not enough general interest for the regular collector to pay a lot more than a common maker. They're more interested in things like condition and manufacturing marks. So, I wonder if the same doesn't apply to the Bayonet 2000. With only 50 being available, just how big is the market for this type of rarity? I only bring it up as a talking point. No buyer's remorse here! I love it and it makes a great addition to my collection as well as coinciding with the 250th Anniversary of the Marine Corps. I set it up with a couple of displays for a comparison to it's contemporaries, The OKC-3S and the US-M9. The 2000 is lighter, thinner and smaller than the others. It weighs in at 11)z. vs 13.3Oz for the OKC-3S and a whopping 15.9 Oz. for the M9.  Anyway, glad to join the club. And personally, I'm not interested in how much it increases in value. In the case, I truly bought it for the story!! 

The road runner patch is just a novelty patch not necessarily military and not unit specific. 

Nice find!  I have one with a matching frogskin cover, and some fatigues from the guy also with little red squares sewn on.

Not just USMC.  The red squares were also used by Army and Navy personnel.

Nice Western L77's!  Great find on the M3. 

Neil, Great story & cartoon.  In Korea in the mid 80's, a very similar incident happened with the number of MP's, and the end result.  We did similar routine Division alerts, and on one of them, before we left the gate, I saw 2 MP's with a small group of soldiers.  I was just a few feet away from these guys, and not trying to intervene.  There was an E6 Staff Sergeant MP, and an E3 Private First Class MP.  The E3 was just ripping into one of the soldiers because he did not have one of the many ID card sized documents we were supposed to carry.  The E6 was trying to get this "regulation spouting" E3 to just give a verbal warning and let them all get on their way.  Nope the E3 just kept going on.  Once finished, one of the guys in the group getting yelled at said "Boy you are squared away".  Being the smart rump that I am, I yelled "Squared away like a bowling ball"!  The guys busted out laughing, which made the E3 livid.  He started to come at me, but the E6 had to physically restrain him and pull him away.  I know this did not involve a Randall knife, but I went to Korea without a Randall knife.  I left Korea with my very first Randall knife that I won in a card game in the barracks.  I still have it today.  It is a model 14.  Let's see some more Randall knives that were used in military service. 

Yes about $150 with all straps supple and present 

Not AF. No gold. 

That is quite the interesting camo pattern! I just picked up a 77th division helmet grouping myself about 3 weeks ago on marketplace too!

I can't tell you for what organization they were used, but they are neither epaulettes or shoulder boards. At least for the Army, they're called shoulder marks.