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For your consideration is a M1905E1 10” Bayonet dtd 1943 and MFG by UFH & a USMC Depot-Made 10-inch Dress White Canvas Scabbed Cover.Description:This M1905E1 Bayonet is a 10” bayonet cutdown. Its original size was 16” long when manufactured in 1943. It was manufactured by Union Fork & Hoe Company.This USMC Depot-Dress White Canvas Cover.was made for 10” bayonet but needs an inner sleeve to support the bayonet while on the Dress White Canvas Belt of a Marine.This USMC Depot-Dress White Scabbard Cover is RARE and is meant to be used with a P1947 Enlisted Dress Blue Uniform. I’m sure that there were areas that it could have been used. Washington, D.C. is a good example. Officers and Enlisted alike continued to wear dress blue uniforms throughout the war.The sleeve that is within this USMC Depot-Made 10-inch Dress White Canvas Scabbed Cover is a M7 scabbard with it’s “Metal Throat” removed. This left the resin-impregnated cotton duck shell of the M7 scabbard. The shell of the scabbard is 10” long and fits perfectly within the USMC Depot Made 10 inch Dress White Canvas Cover.The Canvas Scabbard can be identified in 2 different ways.• USMC Depot-Made 10-inch Dress White Cavas Scabbard Cover• “M1947 Dress Blue Uniform White Bayonet OF M1905 & M1 BAYONETSThe US Military across all Branches used the M1905 Bayonet with M1910 Scabbard from WWI up through the start of WWII.At the end of 1941 the US Military changed the handle grips of the M1905 bayonets. They were changed from walnut wood to a composite plastic/Bakelite material. This said, the designation didn’t change as they were still called M1905 Bayonets.In 1941, not only were the handles changed but, In Oct of 1941, the M1910 scabbard that was made up of Canvas-covered wood featuring a leather tip and a wire hook for a pistol belts was changed to the M3 scabbard that was made up of a resin-impregnated cotton duck canvas with a composite plastic and a metal throat and a wire belt hook for pistol belts.At the beginning of WWII the US Military didn’t have enough bayonets across all Branches of Service, so the Army Ordnance Corps contracted with several different distributors to start manufacturing the M1905 16” Bayonets & M3 Scabbards. This began In 1942. Each M1905 Bayonet had a date of 1942 along with the initials of the companies who manufactured them.By mid 1943, the U.S. ARMY found that the 16” bayonets were too cumbersome in the field.. So by mid 1943, tho 16” Bayonets were to be modified and replaced by 10” Bayonets. If a M1905 16” Bayonet was cutdown to 10 inch’s then the bayonet was called a 1905E1 10 inch bayonet.The bayonets that were manufactured at 10 inch’s had a designation of M1 10” Bayonets.The scabbards that were manufactured to fit the new 10 inch bayonets were designated as M7 Scabbards. Many units of the US Marine Corps and US Army that were fighting in the Pacific Theater preferred the 16” M1905 Bayonets over the new M1 Bayonets. The reasoning behind this was solid. The Japanese were fighting with a 16” bayonet. The U.S. Made bayonet at 10 inches gave the Japanese an advantage during hand to hand combat. This is how many of the 16 inch M1905 Bayonet’s with M3 Scabbards survived the war and are in collections today. If it wasn’t for these men needing to fight on an even footing all of the 16” Bayonet’s would be gone WHITE CANVAS SCABBARD COVER The USMC Dress White Scabbard Cover was manufactured by the USMS Quartermaster Depot.The Cover has to securely fit a M1 Bayonet..There are 2 different ways that this can be achieved.First Way:
• The USMC QM Depot would take a M7 Scabbard and pull the metal throat off of it.
This keeps the length of 10 inches of the M7 Scabbard while removing the bulk.
What’s left is the resin-impregnated cotton duck shell of the M7 scabbard. This shell fits PERFECTLY within the USMC Depot-Dress White Canvas Scabbed Cover.Second Way it’s Harder and much more involved.
The USMC QMD would have to modify a M1910 Canvas Scabbard; HERE ARE THE STEPS
• First, the QMD would remove the Canvas Cover of the M1910 Scabbard.
• Second, the QMD would take the inner scabbard made of wood wrapped in rawhide and start cutting away the rawhide wrap.. This would give the QMC access to the inside wood of the scabbard that measures 16 inches.
• Third, the QMD would cut the wood down to 10 inches.
• Fourth, the QMD would add new rawhide and wrap the wood. forming the shape of the new scabbard.
• Fifth, When the QMD is finished with the wrapping of the wood, they would add multiple layers of varnish to keep it all together.After the scabbard of varnish, rawhide, & wood dries after several days, the QMD will check to see if the rawhide shell can fit within the Dress White Cover. If it can’t fit then they have to start all over again.
