No.7Mk1/L Bayonet with Black Grips?

[Douglas Kerley]

Just got it today. Very nicely done. The Indian one was brass and the blade just flopped around in there and could easily jump out right where you are about to land and perf a lung.

If you ever need any odd bits from here just let me know. thanks Doug

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

I don't think bayonets were issued with the scabbards unless you figure the QM issued one bayonet and one scabbard, they certainly were seperatly boxed. Keep in mind the same scabbards were issued with the ,No5, No6,, No8 and No9 as well as the L1A3

[Mk VII]

I got one without the mouthpiece many years ago, and I thought that I would never find it as a spare ... but I did a couple of years back, and a suitable screw was not hard to make.

[Peter Laidler]

Initial issued of bayonets were always made with scabbards.

You could always get the spare parts but as I remember now, you could never just get a bare scabbard, it always came as a scabbard assembly. The same as a bayonet. It always came from Ordnance as an assembly

[peregrinvs]

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but a rummage through my British bayonet collection odds and ends reveals I am now in need of a 'SM 524 Spring, Mouthpiece' for the No.5 bayonet scabbard. (The bit that grips the blade inside the scabbard)

I don't suppose anyone would have a loose spare they could sell me?

Thanks,

Mark

[Peter Laidler]

Why didn't you ask when you were here? PM private address please

[peregrinvs]

Why didn't you ask when you were here?

Would it be I was that organised. E.g. We initially arrived at the wrong entrance and the gate guard concerned gave us a very suspicious look when we announced we were 'there to see the weapons collection' - probably thought we were avid Andy McNab fans or something...

(It was the fault of the SatNav, honest)

I'll send you a PM.

Cheers,

Mark

[Douglas Kerley]

It does now......., I've just sent you one!

Wow! Thanks. Anything you need from Seattle just let me know.

Now a friend of a friend has come up with a couple of hundred scabbards without the mouthpiece from Australia. I think he wants way to much for them. Maybe he will come to his senses in the fullness of time.

Now I have another one with the goofy red grips. "England" lightly branded into one. Otherwise excellent. Had to buy a cheap L1A1 bayonet to get the dumb scabbard. I couldn't believe it but I sold the bayonet for what I paid for the bayonet and scabbard all ready. From the looks of Ebay it seems that prices of these are down by half. Doug