✅ SOLVED Sword with iron scabbard?

[1320]

Friend of mine found this while plowing a field. Any ideas regarding origin or age?

 

[Lafitte Deux]

Its a bayonet, not sure about age.

 

[marion moore]

IT COULD BE A WORLD WAR ONE BANNET.
I HAD ONE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
MINE HAVING A HOOK AT THE HANDEL. COULD BE OLDER.

MARION

 

[1320]

Its a bayonet, not sure about age.

Thank you, Bayonet is the correct term. I'm finding similiar results on google.

 

[1320]

IT COULD BE A WORLD WAR ONE BANNET.
I HAD ONE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
MINE HAVING A HOOK AT THE HANDEL. COULD BE OLDER.

MARION

I think you nailed the era down...finding similarities with a P1907 Bayonet...well done.

 

[BagLady]

I'd be pickled tink to find that! Nice!

 

[nhbenz]

I could be wrong, but the scabbard looks more like a Japanese Type 30 (1897-1945)

 

[Bruce R]

It's a Japanese bayonet from WW2 some had the hook, some not, some had a ball on the end of the scabbard and some didn't. Length can also vary depending on maker.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Japanese Type 30 bayonet, It would have been most likely used on the Arisaka Type 30 rifle, (but also could have been on a Type 38 or 99) having the hooked guard makes it an earlier version of the bayonet. They were made between 1897 and 1945. It's a shame the scabbard didn't protect the blade a bit better, they were all arsenal stamped which would help date it.