Pattern 1907 bayonet No. 1 Mk 1

[Irv]

I have a Pattern bayonet No.1 Mk 1 and scabbard . The scabbard has a round frog button and is made of 1 piece of leather stitched vertically. I am interested in restoring the scabbard. The metal tip and top piece were painted black at some point. This is flaking off leaving behind metal in the "white". Suggestions?

[A square 10]

an awfull lot of comonwealth stuff was painted with suncorite - basicly black paint - its hazadous so if you have decent black paint use that ,

having said that , im inclined to leave mine alone - i rather like the 'been there-done that' look , but thats just me ,

the round frog stud would be a later version , the early ones were almond shaped , but without knowing the vintage of your P1907 its hard to tell you more , other than they were produced from 1907/8 thru WWII [by the ausies and later by the indians ] an earlier one would not have the clearing hole in the grip , a later one would - but you can tell much from the markings on the blade and photos would help