New pictures for Unknown Confederate Steel Hilt Bayonet, Reference #417.
Added a new Scabbard Type 03I.
Added a Horstmann Saber Socket Bayonet, Reference #132 and added W.H. Horstmann & Sons as a manufacturer.
Added a new Belt Frog #12.
Added a new Scabbard Type 03H.
Updated Colt Model 1855 Revolving Rifle Bayonet - Type IV with a pictured example, Reference #227.
Added a new Scabbard Type 13A.
Added a Model 1855 Rifle Bayonet of unknown origin, Reference #131.
Added a new Scabbard Type 12A.
Due to the confusion of "Type" designations for the US Model 1870 Navy Rifle bayonets in different publications, Reference #301 and Reference #302 are now identified with a blade description instead of a Type Number. Additional information on these bayonets from Ed Hull's latest article in the SABC Journal, Volume 129 has also been added.
Added the Fayetteville Model 1841 Rifle Bayonet, Reference #425.
A new P.S. Justice bayonet Type 2 Variation B has been added, Reference #247, along with what appears to be a P.S. Justice scabbard, Scabbard Type 3G.
A new Remington Rifle Alteration Bayonet has been added, Reference #328.
Added a new P.S. Justice bayonet type, Reference #246, and updated the P.S. Justice Manufacturer and P.S. Justice Rifle pages.
An unknown Ames Manufacturing bayonet has been added, Reference #130.
A second type of bayonet for the Whitney Rolling Block Rifle has been added, Reference #327.
A new Type 4 Variation D scabbard type has been added.
The Leman Militia Rifle and bayonet made from the Colt Alteration Bayonet, Reference #245, have been added.
A new Belt Frog #11 has been added. A First Pattern Model 1855 Rifleman's Belt.
The scabbard that Albert N. Hardin, The American Bayonet 1776 – 1964, referred to as being marked "MADE BY " / "J.I. PITTMAN" has been identified. See Scabbard Type 2D for more details.
Courtesy of McPheeters Antique Militaria.
An example of the Fayetteville Arsenal Bayonet has been added with new pictures and recorded details. Also, a new Scabbard Type 11 has been recorded.
A new Whitney Model 1841 Derivative Rifle Bayonet, Reference #129, has been added.
New Open Question on the differences between the Whitney M1841 and M1855 Derivative Rifle Bayonets?
Merrill Breech-Loading Rifle Bayonet, Reference #224, has been updated with some new information.
2024 President's Award from The Society of American Bayonet Collectors.
Reference #326 has been added for an example of a Winchester Model 1866 bayonet with a horizontal ribbed grip and a straight double-edged blade.
Scabbard Type 10 and Belt Frog #10 have also been added.
All from the collection of Jim Maddox.
Reference #321 has been added for two examples of a Winchester Model 1866 bayonet with feathered grips.
Reference #322 has been added for an example of a Winchester Model 1873 bayonet with ribbed grips and a champhered lug slot.
Reference #323 has been added for an example of a Winchester Model 1873 bayonet with ribbed grips and an unchamphered lug slot.
Reference #324 has been added for an example of an unknown modification of a Winchester Model 1873 Type 2.
Reference #325 has been added for an example of a Winchester Model 1866 of unknown origin.
Reference #305 was modified to include two new examples of a Winchester M1873 Type 2 bayonet. One example is marked "C. G. Haenel / Suhl / Perussen" and the other is plated overall.
Scabbard Type 3F has been added.
All from the collection of Dorlin Kerr.
A new page has been added labeled Open Questions to highlight some of the major questions within this site.
Dorlin Kerr has discovered an example of what is currently recorded as a Unknown Possible Colt Lighting under Reference #313. Dorlin has kindly provided pictures and details that were previously missing.
Randy Baker has discovered what appears to be a variation in the lug position for the Sharps Model 1863/65. Details have been recorded under Reference #243.