robinb Posted February 4, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 4, 2019 Last ditch pole bayonet. Intended to be lashed to a stick or like item to basically make a spear to defend the home land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted February 4, 2019 Share #2 Posted February 4, 2019 A scarce bayonet in excellent condition with the wooden scabbard. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted February 4, 2019 Share #3 Posted February 4, 2019 That's a nice rare Japanese bayonet. Congrats and thanks for posting it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jangle Posted February 7, 2019 Share #4 Posted February 7, 2019 Very hard to find bayonet. Now you have to be on the lookout for the correct scabbard for it, which are just as scarce as the bayo itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted February 7, 2019 That's the scabbard that came with it when I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted February 9, 2019 Share #6 Posted February 9, 2019 wouldn't that scabbard it came with be a last ditch or pole bayonet one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted February 9, 2019 Share #7 Posted February 9, 2019 There were these two styles of wooden "last ditch" scabbards for Japanese bayonets. The accepted correct scabbard for the Mukden pole bayonet is the black painted wooden scabbard held together with staples like that shown by jangle. You can just see the metal staples along the edge of the scabbard in the photo above. The wooden scabbard that is on the bayonet shown by robinb is the more common style of "last ditch" scabbard held together with metal bands. Both wooden scabbards are the correct style but the one with the staples is the accepted one for the pole bayonet. I hope this distinction is helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted February 9, 2019 Share #8 Posted February 9, 2019 There were these two styles of wooden "last ditch" scabbards for Japanese bayonets. The accepted correct scabbard for the Mukden pole bayonet is the black painted wooden scabbard held together with staples like that shown by jangle. You can just see the metal staples along the edge of the scabbard in the photo above. The wooden scabbard that is on the bayonet shown by robinb is the more common style of "last ditch" scabbard held together with metal bands. Both wooden scabbards are the correct style but the one with the staples is the accepted one for the pole bayonet. I hope this distinction is helpful. Thank you for explaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th.Mg.Bn. Posted February 25, 2019 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2019 Nice Mukden pole bayonet with proper wooden "staple" bard. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussM Posted June 9, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 9, 2019 Both really nice examples of pole bayonets! Id love one in either format! Who knows for sure if Robins bayonet is not original issue? Maybe they had plenty of those wooden scabbards to use up first before the correct one was issued. Isnt anything possible, especially at that late stage? Regards Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony v Posted June 9, 2019 Share #11 Posted June 9, 2019 Very interesting Pole bayonet. Thank you for the great information and super posting. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Lukas Posted June 16, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 16, 2019 Mukden pole bayonets are far scarcer than those made at Jinsen arsenal. The red stained scabbard was intended for a Jinsen bayonet. The hardest to find pole bayonet is the Mukden with Arsenal stamped on blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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