Hi theholeinthedonut,
no, it's marked "V P CO".
All the other M8A1 scabbards I have are marked "PWH".
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M9 Phrobis III (4th generation) bayo with M10 scabbard
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Just found this page Bayo Points 18
I also have a "TWB" M8A1 scabbard.
That's the site I got my info from...there's not much ese to find on teh M8 and the M8A1!
You're right.
Just for your info, I bought a M8 scabbard at ebay but its canvas part is very dirty and broken, maybe it is not worth for collection purposes.
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Thank you for the replies above. My M3 Camillus came in a BM.Co M8 scabbard.
Keep away from the Colt M9. It's made in China. Ontario do a nice M9. I imported one from the USA last year. PM me if you want the dealer. They sell for £175 in UK. Got one duty paid from the USA for about £114.00. Rather than buy fakes or old worn out bayonets. It's sometimes better to buy new from the manufacturers and it saves all the leg work. Ontario and Eickhorn still make new bayonets. John Nowill make the current issue Royal Marine Commando knife.
Thank you for you good advises, LesterH.
Unfortunatly due to the severe deregulations and laws in Italy, bayonets are still considered to be arms as they were fire arms.
I can't import any bayonet from abroad, it is forbidden by the law, so I must be happy with all I can find here. Every bayonet I buy must be completed with origin documentation stating its legal origin otherway Police would never authorize me to keep it.
M6 bayo with M8A1 scabbard.
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Bizio, why would you want to replace the wooden grips with plastic? If the wooden grips were in good repair, the US Army left them in place through WW2 unless the blade was shortened to the later M1 configuration or the bayonet was reworked to repair serious damage that took the bayonet out of service. Yours never went through this indignity in service and it would be a shame not to leave it as found to preserve it's history. As I said, the wooden grips stayed in service with the Army, Marines and/or Navy for as long as the bayonet was in good shape for service, not all were replaced.