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Some M8 scabbards were later modified by adding the M1910 hook. Later M8A1 scabbards were manufactured with a modified extended tab on the web hanger to provide more clearance for the M5 bayonet which rubbed against the wider bayonet handle. [3] This sheath is correct for all post-war US bayonets including the M4, M5, M6, and M7.
The M8 and the later M8A1 scabbards both have a resin-impregnated cotton canvas body, painted olive drab, with a steel throat. The early M8 scabbard only had a belt loop to fit over a pistol or trouser belt, and lacked the wire hook that earlier bayonet scabbards had for attaching to the M1910 series of load carrying equipment.
The entrenching tool helve and bayonet scabbard can also be seen. The 1908 equipment, when fully assembled, formed a single piece, and could be put on or taken off like a jacket. Ammunition was stored in two sets of pouches attached to the belt at the front, and the straps from these passed over the shoulders, crossing diagonally at the back.
M1905-42 Bayonet and Scabbard by the Wilde Drop Forge & Tool Co. The M1905 bayonet was produced from 1906 to 1922 by Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. The blade and handle frame were forged as a single piece with a wide, square-shaped fuller, and the crossguard was pinned to this assembly through two holes with cone-shaped steel pins.
Some M8 scabbards were later modified by adding the M1910 hook. Later M8A1 scabbards were manufactured with a modified extended tab on the web hanger to provide more clearance for the M5 bayonet which rubbed against the wider bayonet handle. [3] This sheath is correct for all post-war US bayonets including the M4, M5, M6, and M7.
The sword was also used by the Confederates who captured many after seizing state arsenals. In 1868 the ordnance board recommended that no more leather sword, or bayonet scabbards be purchased, so after the leather ones were used up, a black Japanned steel scabbard was substituted, along with a new pattern leather frog. It remained in service ...
Some M8 scabbards were later modified by adding the M1910 hook. Later M8A1 scabbards were manufactured with a modified extended tab on the web hanger to provide more clearance for the M5 bayonet which rubbed against the wider bayonet handle. [3] This sheath is correct for all post-war US bayonets including the M4, M5, M6, and M7.
British Pattern 1907 bayonet for SMLE No 1 (with leather scabbard) (WW1 period) maker- Wilkinson, England, August 1908 Note- Hook Quillon has been removed: Source/Photographer: API data Catalogue record. Photo: Permission (Reusing this file) This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page ...