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Nation : Russian
Local Price : £275.00

855 Pattern Imperial Prussian Infantry Pioneer’s Brass Hilt Short Sword Faschinenmesser (Fascine Knife) ED 2364. -. This is an original, 1855 Prussian Infantry Pioneers Short Sword (see page 196 of World Swords 1400-1945 By Withers). It has 1 ½” broad, 19” long, heavy single edged blade and measures 24 ¼ ” overall. It has a rugged brass handle deeply grooved for grip with ball pommel and the straight cross guard has the correct rolled ends. The cross guard is crisply marked with two crosses and a ‘7’. The ricasso of the blade is marked with an Imperial Prussian Crown & Monogram inspection mark to one side and the maker ‘P.D.L’ (P. D. Luneschloss, Solingen). The Sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2364.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275

Click and use the code >15218 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Scarce Antique 1842 Swiss Sharpshooters Sword

Nation : German
Local Price : 365.00 USD

IMPERIAL GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD C.1880. Heavy fighting example. Plated gilt with P form guard (about 50% plating remaining) and wire-wrapped composition grip (small chips to the heel). 32 3/8” curved broad fullered blade decorated with a cross, mounted cannon, and foliage. Plating mostly gone with a frosty dark patina. The extreme tip pitted with stabilization.

Nation : American
Local Price : 365.00 USD

AMERICAN PRIVATE PURCHASE SWORD C.1840-70. Type purchased by state militias and which served both sides in the Civil War. Purchased as well by the Secret societies which formed after the war and distinguished from later examples by its lack of specific symbolism, which evolved in the 70s, related to the societies. 27 ¾ straight blade, with brown patina on frosty oxidation. Brass hilt with plain wood grip, originally japanned, now surface worn. The aging and general condition is typical as found on Confederate weapons, many of which were secreted in outbuildings in the firm belief that the South would rise again. That is by far the most likely provenance for this weapon.

Nation : American
Local Price : 365.00 USD

AMERICAN SECRET SOCIETY SWORD. Knights of the Maccabees, founded in London ontario and prominent in Michigan. Well modeled hilt with Turkish tent for pommel.and tape wrapped leather grip. 28" blade decorated with foliage, Knights of the Maccabees and owner's name. Blade plated over copper with s little freckling. Plated iron scabbard with three fine high relief mounts.

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Local Price : 3,750 kr

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Local Price : 3,700 kr

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Nation : American
Local Price : £265

Click and use the code >25109 to search for this item on the dealer website WW2 Circa 1943 Knife Bayonet for M1 Garand Rifle & Model M1, in its Olive Green, US Flaming Grenade Stamped Scabbard

Nation : African
Local Price : £265

Click and use the code >22536 to search for this item on the dealer website Good And Most Interesting Tuareg Nomadic Berber Sword From The Western African Regions To North Africa

Nation : American
Local Price : 355.00 USD

US MILITIA OFFICER’S SWORD. Frontier Period, C1870's-80's.Basic pattern as used from about the 1840s on, (see Peterson #115) with later construction details. 29” diamond section blade with maker's mark and Germany at the forte. Well detailed brass hilt with helmet form pommel and bow tie guard. Fine swelled base reeded bon grip. Blade wit glossy dark patina and some nicks from use. Hilt excellent. Small chips to the grip base. A type which served Throughout the West, Indian Wars and Spanish American War

Nation : French
Local Price : €320,00

Espada francesa de Oficial, periodo Luis Felipe I, reinó entre 1830 y 1848.. Guarnición en latón dorado. Pomo conformando una cabeza de gallo (emblema clásico de Luis Felipe). Concha frontal presenta un gallo cuya pata descansa sobre un globo terráqueo. Cachas de nácar. Hoja recta. Buena conservación. Desgastes en los grabados de la hoja. Dorado restaurado. Longitud total 95 cm, hoja 82 cm. Images courtesy of ANTIGUEDADES SALA (https://armasantiguas.com)

Nation : British
Local Price : £260.00

British WW1 1913 Pattern Bayonet, Dated 1917 by Winchester. Description Straight single-fullered knife blade, steel hilt with muzzle ring, wood slab grips with characteristic pair of cut grooves on each slab, secured by two screws. Steel beaked pommel with oil hole and locking button. Black leather scabbard with steel locket & chape piece, black leather frog with retaining loop. The ricasso is stamped on one side with &#acute;1913 4-17 W&#acute;, indicating that it is the 1913 Pattern, manufactured in April 1917 by Winchester. On the other side it is stamped with a &#acute;broad arrow&#acute; War Department stores mark, two crown inspection marks with &#acute;A&#acute; for America and an &#acute;X&#acute; indicating that it passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. The leather section of the scabbard is stamped next to the seam with &#acute;C.H.V.&#acute; while the chape piece is stamped next to the staple with &#acute;GF&#acute; within a circle. The rear of the frog is stamped with &#acute;I&#acute;. The U.S. made 1913 Pattern bayonets, having identical blades to the British 1907 Pattern, were entirely compatible with British scabbards and vice versa. This scabbard is the US type which lacks a frog stud. Inspired by the German Mauser M98 rifle, the experimental Pattern 1913 Enfield was intended to be the next generation British infantry rifle, firing the new .276 cartridge. The outbreak of war curtailed its development and the well-established SMLE was retained in service instead. However with an urgent need for rifles the government opted to redesign the 1913 to take the existing .303 cartridge, calling this new rifle the Pattern 1914 (NB: the bayonet&#acute;s design did not require modifications, therefore it remained the &#acute;1913 Pattern&#acute; bayonet). The production of these rifles and their bayonets was contracted to American manufacturers “ an early handful were made by Vickers but it was clear that British plants were best left to make the SMLE. Winchester produced the 1914 Pattern and its associated bayonet between 1916 and 1917. It was the rarer of the two US manufacturers of the bayonets, producing 225,000 bayonets compared with the 1,243,000 produced by Remington, and the rarest US manufacturer of the rifles, behind Remington and Remington&#acute;s subsidiary Eddystone. The 1914&#acute;s design was vindicated in that it proved to be more accurate than its predecessor and it was deployed principally as a sniper rifle, the Winchester-made rifles in particular thought to be of high quality, suitable for fitting with telescopic sights. It saw service again during WW2 as rear echelon equipment, e.g. with the British Home Guard, although some were again used in a sniper configuration. The distinctive pattern of frog that has been fitted suggests that it this bayonet was issued to the Home Guard during WW2. The 1913 Pattern should not be confused with the M1917 Enfield, also known as the &#acute;American Enfield&#acute;, which was essentially the same rifle design, this time adopted by the Americans and rechambered in their own .30-06 Springfield cartridge. Its bayonet was also essentially the same as the British model, but with US service marks and a &#acute;1917&#acute; pattern stamp. The blade has no damage to its edge, fractional wear at the tip (>1mm). It retains its original parkerised finish and blued area at the ricasso. The hilt, exposed tang and pommel have a blued finish. The wood grips have a few small dents. The throat piece of the scabbard is bright with traces of blueing, the chape piece is blued with small areas of black lacquer. The frog is flexible with some rubbing to the belt loop and retaining loop. The leather body of the scabbard is glossy with only very light scratches and dents.

Nation : British
Local Price : £260.00

British WW1 1888 Pattern Bayonet, 6th Battalion The Welsh Regiment (Glamorgan Battalion). Description Unfullered spear pointed blade, wood scale grips with two brass rivets. Steel pommel and hilt with short quillon and muzzle ring. Black leather Land Mk II pattern scabbard with steel throat and leather chape. The blade is stamped on one side of the ricasso with a (faint) crown over &#acute;VR&#acute;, the production date of &#acute;9 &#acute;97&#acute;, meaning September 1897, and the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;Wilkinson London&#acute;. On the other side it is stamped with a broad arrow meaning War Department property, a crown inspection mark with &#acute;W&#acute; for Wilkinson and an &#acute;X&#acute; which indicates that the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. The spine of the blade is stamped with two further crown inspection marks with &#acute;W&#acute;. The pommel is stamped with the unit mark &#acute;6. WEL&#acute;, indicating the Queen&#acute;s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) and the number &#acute;735&#acute;. The exposed tang is stamped with &#acute;2&#acute;. The throat of the scabbard is stamped on each side of the mouth with a broad arrow, and with the serial number &#acute;160&#acute;. The scabbard leather is stamped next to the seam on one side with a broad arrow, the production date &#acute;03 and indistinct marks, probably a crown inspection mark. The 3rd Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteer Corps (Swansea Rifles) was formed in 1859, as part of the widespread Volunteer Movement of the period. As a Volunteer unit it went through many administrative changes but no deployment until the Second Boer War, when it contributed a detachment of volunteers to serve overseas. These men earned the unit&#acute;s first battle honour &#acute;South Africa 1900“1902&#acute;. In 1908 the Haldane Reforms brought Volunteer units into the new Territorial Force and linked them to regular regiments “ the Swansea Rifles therefore became the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, still headquartered at Swansea and forming part of the Territorial Force&#acute;s South Wales Brigade. The Welsh Regiment had been formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, amalgamating the 41st (Welch) and 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiments of Foot. On the outbreak of WW1 the battalion volunteered for overseas service and landed in France in October 1914. Territorial battalions were typically deployed still carrying the Lee Metford rifle and 1888 Pattern bayonet, supplies of the Lee Enfield being limited. The 6th Battalion initially served on the lines of communication rather than on the front lines, but attrition caused Territorial battalions to be used in 1915 to reinforce regular brigades. The 6th Battalion (technically the 1/6th by this stage as a replacement 2/6th Battalion was formed as a second line unit in December 1914) therefore joined the 84th Brigade (28th Division), reinforcing the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment, with which it fought in the Battle of Loos. In 1916 the 6th was moved to the 1st Division, serving as their Pioneer Battalion. In this role it would contribute working parties to assist the division&#acute;s complement of Royal Engineers with their various field tasks, but retained a supporting combat role and would take part in offensives. 1st Division took part in many further actions until the end of the war including the Battle of the Somme, Third Battle of Ypres and the Hundred Days Offensive. The 6th Battalion reformed after WW1 as a Territorial Army unit, absorbing the 7th Battalion. With a growing emphasis on air warfare, the battalion became the 67th Searchlight Regiment in 1938. During WW2 it defended the industrial areas of South Wales against early small-scale Luftwaffe bombing raids, then deployed to protect Cardiff against much larger raids during the Blitz. In 1940 searchlight units were brought under the Royal Artillery, and the battalion remained with the Artillery even after the war. After several amalgamations, the lineage of the original Glamorgan Battalion is today maintained by 211 (South Wales) Battery of 104th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Welsh and Borderer Gunners), an Army Reserve light artillery unit. The blade has some light speckled patination. The tip of the blade has been shortened, possibly by breakage while in use, and has been reshaped and resharpened, with visible grinding marks. There are some minor nicks to the edge and the faint crown mark suggests that the blade may have been repolished above the shoulder. Â The wood grips have some light dents. The hilt and pommel have some patination and pitting. The throat piece of the scabbard has pitting and patches of dark patination. The leather of the scabbard has some rubbing and denting, one small spot of green paint, and one notch on the reverse side. The chape end of the scabbard is slightly kinked, but does not interfere with sheathing and drawing.

Nation : British
Local Price : £260.00

British Lee Enfield No. 7 Mk 1 Land Service Bayonet. Description Single-fullered bowie knife blade with clipped point, blued for 5mm at the ricasso. Red-brown grips made of Paxolin (resin-impregnated paper, similar to Micarta, and widely used today in circuit boards). Steel scabbard, khaki canvas frog. Hilt and pommel blued. The blade is stamped on one side at the ricasso with &#acute;No 7 MK 1/L&#acute; and on the other side with &#acute;10&#acute;. The pommel is stamped on one side with a broad arrow War Department mark and &#acute;P&#acute; over &#acute;03&#acute;. The exposed track for the sliding button is stamped with a broad arrow War Department mark and faint lettering. The frog is printed with what appears to be a serial number &#acute;22352631&#acute; and &#acute;SO&#acute;. This is faint from rubbing so is a best guess. The penultimate model of bayonet designed for the Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle and Sten Mk 5 submachine gun, the No. 7 was an attempt to produce a bayonet that was equally useful as a utility/fighting knife and a mounted bayonet, by way of an innovative rotating pommel which contains the locking mechanism. 330,000 were produced between 1944 and 1948, but doubts about the rigidity of the mechanism under stress and its high cost of manufacture meant that the No. 7 was largely passed over for the simpler No. 9. The bayonet designed for the ill-fated EM series of experimental bullpup service rifles was essentially a strengthened No. 7.

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Local Price : 3,600 kr

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Local Price : £250.00

Norwegian WW2 M1894 Krag Jorgensen Bayonet, by Kongsberg, Made Under Occupation with Waffenamt Stamp. Description Unfullered spear-pointed blade, wood slab grips secured by a single screw, steel one-piece hilt, backstrap and pommel with integral sprung locking mechanism in the hilt, that both locks the bayonet to its scabbard and locks it onto a rifle. Blued steel scabbard with projecting hook on the throat piece to engage with the locking mechanism, brown leather frog with angled belt loop, riveted to the scabbard throat piece. Blade 8 3/8 inches in length, the bayonet 13Â¼ inches overall. The blade is stamped at the ricasso with a crowned &#acute;K&#acute;, the maker&#acute;s mark of the Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (Kongsberg Weapons Factory) in Norway. Most M1894 bayonets were produced there, 101,750 made between 1912 and 1926. A new production run of the M1894s was ordered from Kongsberg during WW2 while Norway was under German occupation, these new bayonets bearing distinctive German Waffenamt stamps. This example is from this production run: its hilt is stamped on one side with a Waffenamt eagle inspection stamp with the code &#acute;WaA84&#acute;. A depot fire in 1941 destroyed 4,693 M1894 and M1916 bayonets, and 31,000 M1894s were converted to fit the M1 Carbine in 1956-57. This example remains in its original configuration to fit the Krag Jorgensen rifle. The blade has a bright finish with some small spots of light staining. The blade is unsharpened with no edge damage. Small spots of patination to the hilt, backstrap and pommel. The wood grips have only a few tiny dents. The scabbard body retains its original blued finish and has some small dents and manufacturing imperfections, the latter perhaps suggesting wartime economies in production. The leather frog is flexible, with all of its stitching intact, minor surface level cracking to the belt loop.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £250.00

Italian M1929 Infantry Sergeants Sword. Brescia Arsenal. #2405008. The Italian M1929, known in Italy as the “La sciabola Modello 1929 per armi a piedi,” was issued to infantry sergeants for the Ethiopian conflict and was carried throughout World War Two.The 870mm single-edged blade has a narrow single fuller below a flat spine and terminates in a clipped point. The blade is unsharpened and is in good condition. The ricasso bears the stamp of the Brescia arsenal, the name Gnutti within an oval, and a CA acceptance stamp.The stylish hilt is of typical Italian form with a grip shape and pommel reminiscent of earlier classical French swords. The Bakelite grip has some cracks and wear but remains strong and firm with no movement. The guard and pommel retain their blackened finish. The blade is firm in the hilt.The sword is complete with its blackened steel scabbard with twin suspension rings. The scabbard is in good condition. The sword sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a good example of an early M1929 sergeant’s sword. Later examples have wooden grips and polished scabbard and guard.

Nation : Russian
Local Price : £250.00 GBP

Lot of 5 Imperial Russian M1891 Bayonets. Socket bayonet for use with the 7.62 mm. M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle. The M1891 was the Russian mainstay during the First World War and the Revolution of 1917.Â Although the M1891/30 had superseded the M1891 by the time Russia entered the Second World War, the M1891 was widely used during the Second World War as well. From"

Nation : British
Local Price : £250.00

British Lee Enfield 1907 Pattern Bayonet, Transjordan Frontier Force, Dated 1917 by Sanderson. Description Straight single-fullered knife blade, steel hilt with muzzle ring, wood slab grips secured by two screws, steel beaked pommel with oil hole and locking button. Black leather No. 1 Mk 2 scabbard with steel locket & teardrop frog stud and steel chape piece. The ricasso is stamped on one side with a crown over 1907 (the pattern) &#acute;8 &#acute;17&#acute;, indicating the manufacture date of August 1917, and the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;Sanderson&#acute;. On the other side it is stamped with a &#acute;broad arrow&#acute; War Department stores mark, three crown inspection marks with &#acute;E&#acute; from Enfield and an &#acute;X&#acute; indicating that it passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. The pommel is stamped with &#acute;T.J.F.F.&#acute;, indicating issue to the Transjordan Frontier Force, above &#acute;1085&#acute;, probably a rack number. The scabbard&#acute;s locket is stamped beside the staple with &#acute;RE&#acute; within a circle. The Transjordan Frontier Force was formed in 1926 by the British High Commissioner for Palestine to patrol and secure the borders of the relatively new Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate. Despite its name and area of activity, it was formally part of the imperial forces of Palestine, although security in the Transjordan was regarded as ensuring security for Palestine. were initially drawn from the Arab Legion, which was the regular army of the Transjordan, as well as the disbanded Palestine Gendarmerie, but the TJFF was much more a British creation than either of these, with up-to-date equipment and training. Using tactics for highly mobile desert fighting developed in WW1, the TJFF was composed primarily of cavalry (in the mounted infantry role), with a camel company (see attached picture, note the visible 1907 bayonets on the belts of each man) and later several mechanised companies of armoured cars equipped with Vickers machine guns. Its senior officers, majors and above, were all British while captains and below were a mixture of Arabs, Circassians, Sudanese and Jews. It was mainly tasked with supporting local police against civil unrest and banditry, preventing cross-border incursions from Ikhwan raiders, and discouraging expansion of Saudi Arabia and Syria into the new Emirate. During the Palestinian Revolt of 1939 it countered arms smuggling and illegal migration. In WW2 the TJFF was expanded to around 3,000 men, grouped into a cavalry regiment and a mechanised regiment. In May 1941 the mechanised D Company was ordered into Iraq as part of the campaign against the German-backed revolutionary government “ its soldiers refused to cross the border and reportedly pointed rifles at their officers, so the company was withdrawn and disbanded. Moving past this slight embarrassment, the TJFF successfully supported Allied forces in the Syrian campaign of June 1941, playing to its strengths as advance guard, scouts and flank protection for Indian Army infantry, as well as guarding the railway lines. It was deployed to the Turkish border in 1942, and its mechanised regiment was sent to the Persian Gulf in 1943 to help control locust swarms. In 1944 it returned to Syria as a peacekeeping force. After WW2 the TJFF was increasingly dragged into policing the spiralling violence between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, which inevitably made it unpopular. With Transjordan soon to become independent, the TJFF was disbanded in 1948 and its members absorbed into the Arab Legion, which became the modern Jordanian Armed Forces. The blade is clean and has an even finish, with some polishing marks and small nicks to its edge towards the end of the fuller. There are a few noticeable dents to the wood grip on the outer side (as worn). Some patination to the hilt, pommel and scabbard parts all have a bright finish “ any original blued finish may have been polished off. Speckled pitting to the scabbard parts.

Nation : British
Local Price : £250.00

British X2E1 Trials Bayonet for the X8 Rifle (FN FAL). Description Spear-pointed knife blade with partial false edge. Blade length 7 3/8 inches (18.7cm), 13 inches (33cm) overall. Steel hilt with muzzle ring and integral flash-hider prongs, wood grip scales held by two screws, exposed tang, steel pommel. Steel scabbard with frog hook and ball finial. The bayonet is stamped on the tang with &#acute;X2E1 5918&#acute;. The scabbard is stamped at the throat with &#acute;X1E1&#acute;. In the early 1950s the British Army, working in concert with counterparts in Australia and Canada, evaluated the Belgian-designed FN FAL rifle, chambered in the new NATO standard .7.62x51mm cartridge, as a possible replacement for the venerable Lee Enfield series of bolt-action rifles. Several thousand were ordered from FN in late 1953 / early 1954 for large-scale troop trials: some sources suggest there were 5,000 total but Skennerton & Richardson state (in British & Commonwealth Bayonets) that there was an initial batch of 1,100 sent to Britain and a subsequent batch of 14,530. These trials rifles were officially designated the X8 (different versions being X8E1 to X8E5), while the trials bayonets made in Belgium were designated the X2E1. While the FAL was a preexisting model, the design commissioned by the Commonwealth was bespoke: FN described the flash hider prongs on the bayonets, for example, as being &156;the British design&157;. The British Army ultimately adopted a refined version of the X8 as the L1A1 SLR, produced under license in the UK. The trials bayonets are rare today “ many probably did not survive the testing process and they were not compatible with the L1A1, which ultimately used a different bayonet closer to the British No. 5 and No. 7 types. Most X2 bayonets were serial numbered at the factory to match with a specific rifle “ in this case, rifle 5918. The scabbard being differently marked to the bayonet is not a mismatch: the X2 bayonet goes with the X1 scabbard because a previously designed X1 bayonet (for the cancelled EM-1 experimental bullpup rifle) used the pre-existing No. 5 scabbard.

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Local Price : £250.00

Boys Mourning Sword 18th Century.. With tapering double edged blade of triangular section, cut with a fuller running towards the tip of the blade, iron hilt of simple form, wire bound grip with two turks heads. Dimensions: Blade Length: 26 Inches (66.04 cm) Overall Length: 31.5 Inches (80.01 cm)

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Local Price : 3,450 kr

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Nation : American
Local Price : 335.00 USD

US MILITIA NCO SWORD. Indian Wars Period C.1870-80. Two piece plated brass hilt. The pommel of 1860s regulation form integral with the black japanned spirally fluted grip. Brass wire wrap. Decorated “bow tie” form guard. 28 1/2” d.e blade, plated, unmarked and excellent. Hilt plating worn through on the pommel high spots. The black grip coating mostly flaked off. Classic post-Civil War example as served the Westward Expansion.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £245.00

19th Century Japanese Tanto With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard. ED 2401 -. This is an attractive original Japanese Tanto with beautifully deep carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard. The Tanto has a 7 ¼” single edged sharp steel blade and measures 12 ¼” overall. The blade has light staining consistent with age. Its handle and scabbard made of the bone from the shin of an Ox are ornately hand carved with imagery of Japanese Noblemen or Priests in a village setting. The pommel cap of the hilt and tip of the scabbard are polished horn. The price for this attractive Japanese Tanto which were popular tourist pieces in the Victorian era includes UK delivery. ED 2401 (in tanto box armoury)

Nation : French
Local Price : £245.00

French M1892 Chromed Mannlicher Berthier 1st Pattern Bayonet. Description Single-fullered straight blade, riveted black composition grips (meaning that this is the 1st pattern, the 2nd pattern having wood grips). The blade has notches near the hilt which engage with a mechanism locking the blade into the scabbard. Steel scabbard, black leather frog. Hilt with muzzle ring overlapping the grip and a hooked quillon. Many M1892 bayonets had the quillon removed during WW1 “ this example remains intact and original. Bayonet and scabbard are both numbered but are non-matching, indicating a replacement or swap during its service life. No other markings. All metal parts on this example have been chromed for parade use, with black grips, scabbard and frog for a two-tone effect. The chrome finish is excellent, with a line of wear on the blade where it rubs against the scabbard retaining spring. The scabbard was painted black over its original blueing “ this has worn with use with only small areas of gloss black paint remaining, some wear also to the blueing and areas of light pitting.Â The leather frog has only very light rubbing and no loss of stitching.