Is this a Krag bayonet scabbard?

[TommyGun]

Just got this Krag bayonet but can find anything showing them coming with a leather scabbard? Bayonet is marked US and 1899. Fits the scabbard but is rather loose.

[Rescue190]

Nice bayo. It is a Krag bayonet. 1899 was the first year the of the expedited construction showing cutter marks and peened rivets. I have not seen a scabbard like the one shown before and is not US issued for the Krag bayonet.
John

[Anderson]

You've got a US Pattern 1892 Krag bayonet, though as as mentioned with design revisions, the scabbard is the leather US M1912 picket pin scabbard which was often paired with this bayonet from 1912.

[TommyGun]

Thanks for the help!

[battle gear]

I remember reading about the leather picket scabbard as being something that was sold from BANNERMAN's SURPLUS

these were put together by Bannerman and sold as Cavalry Carbine bayonets, however the cavalry carbine has no provision for a bayonet so that is very unlikely.


he had the bayonets, and the surplus leather picket scabbards, and paired them together to boost sales, never issued by the military like that, only through Bannermans surplus.