Brass Hilted Sword Bayonets
Brass Hilted Sword Bayonets
Scabbard Type 4 - Variation A
Scabbard Type 4 - Variation A
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Information about this scabbard
This variation is made with black lacquered leather bodies and sheet brass mounts. The leather bodies are contoured to the shape of the curved blades. Both throat and tip mounts are held to the leather with two large brass rivets on each side.
The frog stud is a 17 millimeter domed brass stud, brazed to the right side of the throat mount. The throat edges are rolled inwardly and the opening is in the shape of a blade.
The large tip finial, an oval brass cap that is almost flat, is brazed over the end of the tip mount body.
The throat mounts are 72 mm long and 38 mm wide. The tip mount is 82 mm long and 28 mm wide. The overall length is approximately 670 mm long. Rarely are the scabbards marked in any manner.
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Speculation and questions
This variation was designed for the US Model 1841 Colt Alteration Bayonet. It is estimated that 10,900 of the rifles were made and the bayonets were supplied by Collins & Company in 1862. It is assumed that the scabbards were made in similar numbers and that they were made by Collins.
This scabbard is very long and thin and its survival rate was not good. Today, the bayonet is frequently found available but rarely do they have their scabbards.
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