Mk3 plastic scabbard

Got another bayonet for my collection. New condition bayonet still in the cosmoline. Scabbard is new as well. Just need a frog now.

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Ribbit! Thanks!

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That would be great!

Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually

the story is that its all about the hanger/frog and its attachment , not having the second version in hand i cannot attest to the accuracy personally , i have the early version of the M5 with riveted frog , [the webbing is doubled above the mouth piece ,

british & commonwealth bayonets only shows one version of the M5 victory plastic scabbard , same one i have , P340 of the bible only shows one version as well , jansen barley mentions the scabbard other than to call it uncommon , also appears to be the same one i have ,

but priests book - spirit of the pike , P148-9 shows both and the difference , the original had domed rivets fastening the frog to the back of the body , the rivets were flat snaps for the the second M5 version which has a removable press stud frog , webb appears tripled above the mouthpiece , the body of the scabbard is the same and both marked with VP for victory plastics , the later version had a shorter belt loop , no production stats are available but by extrapolation based on other production they think half million of the early version and 100K of the later ,

BTW - i still look for the second version passively , but much like the HAK no2 mkI revolver im not holding my breath ,

there were more than one of those as well , if we are still talking for no4 , the mk I was the tapered version -with the ball at the end , the mk II was straight walled with a flat bottom ,

your plastic version is the mk III with rounded bottom , i have these three and the early victory plastic version

there was a canadian metal mk III with rounded bottom , and the two US M3 , there was a third VP version with a metal throat piece and snap off belt loop but it may have been a repair/refurb variation , thats why i didnt mention it before ,

in development there was a tapered plastic version mk I -no ball , but it was experimental canadian , two [A & B] early experimental bakelite versions of the mk I -no ball , and an impregnated cloth version of the mk I -with ball , there were aluminum bodied versions as well as the steel and there was a muriad of mouthpiece versions too

then there are the frogs and securing tabs and other accessory bits

hoadie wrote:

I gave Rhino a Bayo & metal scabbard a while back. Can't remember if there was any stampings on it or not.
Rhino - you got a line on this?

Hoadie it would be hard to find out now .... its on the shelf with my others and has been moved around so many times I dont know which is which !!!

"White Rhino"

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I think he is still looking for his beer.

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