British Bayonet

[Flying10uk]

Ok, thanks for the information about keeping the scabbard on, Jim and Peter.

Here are some pictures of the bayonet and scabbard which were taken before I read your posts. I have posted them for interest and to ask if anyone can figure out the damage to the chape, please. This is how it came to me and it does look like damage rather than a manufacturing fault. It looks to have been repaired by being brazed but then partly damaged again. Has anyone seen something similar to this before? Perhaps the soldier who was using it had to crawl over very rough rocky ground for a long period and the chape rubbed over rocks???