WW2 ITALIAN ARMY 1938 MODIFIED CARCANO FOLDING BAYONET & SCABBARD FIGHTING KNIFE

Offered is a WW2 era modified Italian M38 Caracano ‘folding’ bayonet with scabbard. Bayonet features a steel pommel with working external release button, with wooden grips and metal guard & muzzle ring. The top metal sleeve is stamped O 72627.  The 18 cm long steel blade shows the ‘blood groove’ to each side of the brown finished blade, with the blade being heavily field sharpened, being in generally good condition overall, with a couple of nicks and blunted spear point tip. Standard WW2 type blued metal scabbard, retaining metal belt stud. This was originally a ‘folding’ type fighting knife, converted for use as a fixed blade bayonet.