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WW II JAPANESE CHILD'S METAL HANDLED TRAINING BAYONET WITH SCABBARD.AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE BOOK,"BAYONETS OF JAPAN",PAGE 252,LB-206. NO MAKER MARKS,NO SERIAL NUMBERS,THE BAYONENT IS OVERALL LENGTH OF 15 1/4 INCHES,NARROW FULLERED BLADE IN 11 3/4 INCHES LONG WITH ROUNDED TIP,THERE IS ONE RIVET IN THE LOWER PART OF THE METAL GRIP,THE POMMEL AND HANDLE ARE ALL ONE-PIECE METAL,SCABBARD IS 11 3/4 INCHES LONG. THIS METAL HANDLED NAMBU DESIGNED BAYONET REPLACED THE EARLIER WOOD HANDLED VARIATIONS WHICH WERE LIKELY TO BREAK IN TRAINING. THE SAME BLADE,AND SCABBARD WERE USED. THE GRIP HAS A apaneseaCHECKERED PATTERN AND THE LONG WIRE-LIKE LEAF SPRING IS AS USED IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL. THIS IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CHILDS 78 TRAINING BAYONET. THERE WERE MANY OF THESE MADE AND IS THE MOST COMMON OF THE CHILD'S TRAINING BAYONETS

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I had one of the 7/8 scale training rifles once, but sold it when my interests changed.