Two Japanese bayonets

[TP Alexander]

Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America and all the ships at sea!

You guys are the Japanese collectors, not me. You know more about this stuff than I do.
These are two late war bayonets I picked up today.
The one with the metal scabbard is missing a set screw and the blade fuller or runners, right?
Anything special about the bamboo one??

Thanx, ahead of the post mortem!
Tim

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[Milton]

Both appear to be pretty standard-fare late war, non-fullered types, the one w/ the wooden scabbard appears to be missing its string wrap on the sheath, but looks otherwise decent. The other one, "may" have had its original sheath swapped out w/ what almost appears to be the thin steel scabbard from a "training" type....Both seem to be decent pieces, i.m.o.

[TP Alexander]

I forgot to ask. What kind of price should I put on these to move 'em on the Stand?

[Paul G]

To me, it seems like each bayonet belongs in the opposite scabbard. I.E. the square pommel is really late and so is the bamboo scabbard, the birdshead pommel not as late.

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[monkeyboy]

The bayonet marked with the arrow M logo (Matsu****a) is in its correct scabbard. And yes it's actually bamboo. Most late Matsu****a scabbards are wood, but some, like yours are bamboo. The missing wraps were steel/iron wire, notice the dark stains where they were.

The other bayonets scabbard does look to be a mismatched trainer bayonet scabbard. Although that maker furnished a number of different metal scabbards with their bayonets, so tough call......