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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 16 mm domed brass stud, brazed to the right side of the throat mount. The throat edges are bent 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 73 mm long and 38 mm wide. The tip mount is 80 mm long and 27 mm wide. The overall length is approximately 535 mm long. Rarely are the scabbards marked in any manner.
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Speculation and questions
This variation is frequently found with the short bladed, 490 to 520 mm, sword bayonets produced by Collins & Company in the early to mid 1860's. The similarities between all of the Type 4 scabbards implies that their source was a single manufacturer, most likely Collins & Company.
They are still frequently found on all types of bayonets leading one to believe they were made in significant numbers and/or their survival rates were good.
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