Exciting antique store find

**BEAR** · 08-08-2023 03:45 PM

While perusing thru a pile of knives and bayonets in my favorite antique store, I came across this gem. It is a very rusty and battered 1891 Argentine icon

Mauser bayonet. I was very excited about the find and they even knocked $10.00 off the price.

BEAR

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**BEAR** · 08-08-2023 03:59 PM

As Paul Harvey once said "Now for the rest of the story!"

I could really care less about a rusty, battered Argentine icon

bayonet. As far as I was concerned, it would make a good tent peg. BUT, it was the scabbard that caught my eye. I have looked for one of these scabbards for years and finding one in the wild is a stroke of good luck for me.
A M1917 early scabbard, a bit battered but still good.

BEAR (see....I'm not completely crazy)

**HOOKED ON HISTORY** · 08-08-2023 05:32 PM

75% better chance of finding the Bayonet than the scabbard. You might be surprised what electrolysis would do for the Bayonet.

**Aragorn243** · 08-08-2023 06:04 PM

LOL, good one. I was about to say you got royally screwed on that bayonet, but the scabbard is worth that.

**browningautorifle** · 08-08-2023 09:31 PM

Yup, good catch on the scabbard. Lots of nice US marked M1917 blades with "Other" scabbards on them. The Argentine icon

blade, well, whatever...they're around. You can't see if it has a crest and even if it does, it's hard done.

**BEAR** · 08-08-2023 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by browningautorifle

You can't see if it has a crest and even if it does, it's hard done.

Nope, no crest, lots of rust though, except for the brass grips.

BEAR

**browningautorifle** · 08-09-2023 10:44 AM

Most had the crest ground, if you find one with the crest still present, you really have a good find.

**martin08** · 08-09-2023 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by BEAR

As Paul Harvey once said "Now for the rest of the story!"

I could really care less about a rusty, battered Argentine icon

bayonet. As far as I was concerned, it would make a good tent peg. BUT, it was the scabbard that caught my eye. I have looked for one of these scabbards for years and finding one in the wild is a stroke of good luck for me.
A M1917 early scabbard, a bit battered but still good.

BEAR (see....I'm not completely crazy)
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That's hard to find in working condition., or any condition! Is Jewell the maker?

First pattern on right. Second pattern on left.

**browningautorifle** · 08-10-2023 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by martin08

Is Jewell the maker?

Yes, the ' Jewell Belting Company ' of Hartford, Connecticut, USA icon

.

**BEAR** · 08-10-2023 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by martin08

That's hard to find in working condition., or any condition! Is Jewell the maker?

Unfortunatley any stamping in that area is undecipherable.

BEAR

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