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Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle

Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle

Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle    Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle
Here is an old and well used example of the rarely encountered US M-1900 Bayonet & Entrenching Tool, known to collectors simply as the Krag Bowie Bayonet. According to Paul Kiesling's Bayonet's of the World, a total of 2,800 of these combination bayonet / entrenching tools were produced at Springfield Armory in 1900, with 1,500 sent to the Philippines and 500 sent to Cuba for field testing. Most other sources place production at only 2,000 units all manufactured in 1900. The bayonet was a continuation in of the US Ordnance Department's long-standing desire to combine multiple field implements into a single multi-use tool. The various M-1873 Trapdoor "Trowel" bayonets produced in the early 1870's and the subsequent M-1874 combination entrenching tool and bayonet were early attempts to accomplish this goal.

The "Krag Bowie", like the combination bayonets that preceded it, was a dismal failure in the field. It proved an awkward and cumbersome bayonet in use and a practically worthless entrenching tool. It was simply too small and too light to serve as an effective digging implement.

Most of the bayonets saw more service as improvised machetes in the Philippine jungles than they did as bayonets or digging implements. This fact lead to the next major attempt to create a combination bayonet, the series of Krag Bolo Knife bayonets. See pictures up close please. Last picture of design detail in blue was downloaded from a video... This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Spanish-Amer War (1898-1902)\Original Period Items".

The seller is "ronin1955" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Time Period Manufactured: Spanish-Amer War (1898-1902)
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No


Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle    Super Rare Authentic Krag Bowie Bayonet for 1898 US Krag Rifle