Agreed.
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As promised better photos. This bayonet is in remarkably good condition I cannot imagine how or why it came to have the ill fitting WWII grips and the Navy training bayonet scabbard seeming never having been placed in service.
Mine has the same scabbard. That's what they used and replaced the old ones with. Here's mine.
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I have to agree with Jim. The USN MKI scabbard was a replacement during WW2 issue for the US Navy, same with the grips.
My grips were serviceable...so they remained I guess. Or this thing was force matched later...
this was originally fitted with walnut grip scales , its been refit with WWII scales - probably in re-arsenal , i suspect the scabbard was mismatched in surplus
The walnut grip scales seem to be about as rare as No 5 Mk1 & Finn M39 bayonets. Add another item to my "Perhaps some day" list.
ive a couple im thinking to part with ,
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...41da1e14-1.jpg
Pardon? You say you're thinking of selling those?
A square 10, those are very nice, you'll do well, no doubt about it.