The Society of American Bayonet Collectors is dedicated to the study, collection and preservation of antique and modern bayonets. The scope of our activities includes all American made bayonets, including those that were produced for export, and also foreign made bayonets that were used by the United States. This also includes related accoutrements such as scabbards, frogs,belts,etc.

Membership in the society will open new channels of history and collecting to you. If you know others with similar interests please let them know about us. We firmly believe that SABC membership can be beneficial to all bayonet collectors, and particularly to those interested in American models. Arms researchers and historians should also benefit greatly. Many of our members are already internationally recognized in the arms field for books and articles they have published.

The annual meeting of the
Society of American Bayonet Collectors
is held every March in
Timonium, MD

in conjunction with Maryland Arms Collectors
"Baltimore" Antique Gun Show
Click here for dates and information about the gun show

Click here for pictures and highlights of a previous SABC meeting.

Man At Arms magazine occasionally honors individuals for their special contributions to arms collecting by award of "The Man At Arms Cup". The February, 1998, issue announced that SABC member Erik Goldstein, author of "The Bayonet in New France" was one of four recipients of this honor.

In 1997 the magazine published a "centerfold" photo of a magnificent 1686 dated English plug bayonet of the Coldstream Guards from Erik's collection, the only time a bayonet has achieved such prominence.

We congratulate Erik on this honor, and appreciate the growing recognition this brings to bayonet collecting.

Erik 's fine work places him in elite company in the arms collecting world. SABC founder, the late Robert M. Reilly, and long time Journal Editor Frank Mallory have also been honored by this prestigious award.

Numerous other SABC members are authors of reference books on bayonets, including Jerry Janzen, Graham Priest, Gary Cunningham, Jim Maddox, and others.