M1 & 1905 Bayonets on Garands (Detroit Gasket Company Scabbard)

Trepang · Jun 30, 2021

My 16" A.F.H. 1905 came in today. It's in great shape with the less common reddish brown grips.
I also scored a real Detroit Gasket Company scabbard for it that is in excellent condition.

Pictured are the 16" 1905 along with a A.F.H 10" M1 that also has a matching, real USGI M7 scabbard on a 1943 and a 1944 Springfield Garands one of which Charlie Maloney has been through.

TheOriginalMexicanBob · Jun 30, 2021

Nice!

IronDuck · Jun 30, 2021

Great looking set.

G8tor · Jun 30, 2021

If you don't mind sharing, what did you pay for the garand bayonet? I'm waiting on a cmp rifle and am curious what I can expect to pay for a decent condition bayonet.

Trepang · Jun 30, 2021

G8tor said:
If you don't mind sharing, what did you pay for the garand bayonet? I'm waiting on a cmp rifle and am curious what I can expect to pay for a decent condition bayonet.

You can find a real M1 bayonet for $75 - $150. A real, USGI M7 scabbard for $50-$70.

A real 1905 is considerably more as is a real USGI 1905 scabbard. The Detroit Gasket scabbards are few and far between and I paid more than I will admit.

Before buying, I recommend doing your homework - there are a lot of reproductions, fakes and a imported bayonets and scabbards out there.

I found this book, YouTube and the CMP Forum pretty useful in educating myself.

https://thegca.org/pdfs/Bayonets409.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgCSzSuuyl0

Trepang · Jun 30, 2021

FWIW, the CMP E-Store has USGI M-16 M-7 Bayonet & M8A1 Scabbard for sale for $42. They won't last long.

G8tor · Jul 1, 2021

Trepang said:
You can find a real M1 bayonet for $75 - $150. A real, USGI M7 scabbard for $50-$70.

A real 1905 is considerably more as is a real USGI 1905 scabbard. The Detroit Gasket scabbards are few and far between and I paid more than I will admit.

Before buying, I recommend doing your homework - there are a lot of reproductions, fakes and a imported bayonets and scabbards out there.

I found this book, YouTube and the CMP Forum pretty useful in educating myself.

https://thegca.org/pdfs/Bayonets409.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgCSzSuuyl0

Thanks! Appreciate the info.

Trepang · Jul 1, 2021

G8tor said:
Thanks! Appreciate the info.

No problem. Good luck with the Garand and finding a nice bayonet.

G8tor · Jul 1, 2021

Trepang said:
No problem. Good luck with the Garand and finding a nice bayonet.

I actually had a member PM me with some for sale,
after I mentioned looking for one in another thread. Maybe they'll chime in. I kind of want to see what I end up with garand- wise before I decide how much to invest in a bayonet. My rifle order posted to the e store the other day, but no charge to my card yet. Shouldn't be long now.

ChannelCat · Jul 1, 2021

Nice looking set! Congratulations on the finds.

M1842 · Jul 1, 2021

Looks like CMP Greek returns with the black blades. Got a nice M1905 dated 1906 with wooden grips from CMP several years ago.

Trepang · Jul 1, 2021

G8tor said:
I actually had a member PM me with some for sale,
after I mentioned looking for one in another thread. Maybe they'll chime in. I kind of want to see what I end up with garand- wise before I decide how much to invest in a bayonet. My rifle order posted to the e store the other day, but no charge to my card yet. Shouldn't be long now.

I might have talked with the same MDS member AFTER I had already bought these. I thought his prices were pretty fair and had I not already bought these I probably would have taken him up on his.

Good luck with the Garand - the wait is the worst part.

Trbo6gn · Jul 29, 2021

These are beautiful. I would love to find a couple bayonets for mine. I don't need anything special but would like one that's at least authentic. Where would you suggest i look?

Trepang · Jul 29, 2021

Trbo6gn said:
These are beautiful. I would love to find a couple bayonets for mine. I don't need anything special but would like one that's at least authentic. Where would you suggest i look?

I’d start by learning as much as you can about them. In an earlier post in this thread I posted a pic of a book and some links. The reason for that is there are a lot of fakes, reproductions and bayonets that have been ruined by grinding on them. Real, no $hit scabbards are what’s even harder to find.

Once you know what you are looking for and what to look for, I’d stalk eBay, gunbroker, guns international and the like.

Trepang · Jul 29, 2021

Also keep an eye out here: https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewcategories.asp?idCategory=30

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