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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.

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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

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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?

 

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Russ

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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

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