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Information about this scabbard
This Variation is made with black lacquered leather bodies with 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 71 mm long and 38 mm wide. The tip mount is 78 mm long and 27 mm wide. The overall length is approximately 578 mm long. It is unmarked.
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Speculation and questions
This variation was found on a Whitney Rolling Block Rifle Bayonet and it is believed to be original to the bayonet. Other than its unique length of 578 millimeters, it is almost identical to the other Type 4 variations and the tip mounts are cut in the same manner as Type 4 Variation C. The big question is its association with a post war bayonet from the 1870 to 1880 era, whereas the other Type 4 variations are firmly in the 1860 to 1863 time frame. This stretches the time line for the production of Type 4 bayonets beyond what was originally believed. The similarities between all of the Type 4 scabbards implies that their source was a single manufacturer, most likely Collins & Company.
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