Gauging interest in some bayonets

[lawrence_n]

I've been doing some research on the No.7 bayonets and from what I've seen, the scabbard on this one may well be from an Australian Owen bayonet. Almost all of the scabbards I saw mated to the No.7's were the metal ones that we find on the No.9 and FN bayonets as well. Any thoughts?

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[browningautorifle]

the scabbard on this one may well be from an Australian Owen bayonet.

Yes, could be. About 1980 a mass of bayonets came in through Century I think, or Alan Lever...and there was everything. Those scabbards were available, all the variants of the 1907 bayonets after the long model, #7, #9 bayonets...the red and black handles. They were all pretty cheap and I had a few select blades for my collection at the time. The leather scabbards came in all lengths too, they'd been fitted long times back too. Not just a recent thing. So, Owen, maybe... I got an Owen bayonet just before selling off my #1 Mk3 and it had that same scabbard, was about new.