Beginning in 1943, many 16-inch M1905 bayonets were cut down to 10 inches and designated M1905E1.  16-inch M3 scabbards were also shortened to M7 length. 

This example was originally made as a M1905 bayonet at Springfield Armory in 1919. It was cut-down by the Union Fork & Hoe Co. of Columbus, Ohio. These bayonets are found with both a spear point or a beak point (as this example illustrates).

The scabbard is 16 inch M3 type that has been shortened to the 10 inch M7 configuration.

The M1942 machete was a simplified version of a commercial design developed by Collins & Company of Hartford, Connecticut.   The M1942 replaced the old M1917 bolo knife, shown on the World War I page.  Although produced in large numbers, the M1917 bolo was never a very effective brush-cutting implement and an improved tool was needed for the thick jungles of the Pacific theater.

This example was made by the True Temper Hardware Company of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1945.  World War II M1942 machetes typically had black plastic grips, except that 1945-dated True Temper machetes had green plastic grips, as does this example.

While nearly all producers of bayonets and military knives marked them with a maker's mark, True Temper was one of the only makers to use their commercial trademark used on military goods. True Temper continues to use this same trademark to the present day.

The scabbard is made of riveted canvas with a brass throat and M1910 wire belt hanger.

Bayonet-knife for use on the caliber .30 U.S. Carbine M-1 . The bayonet-knife M4 was also used on the selective-fire M-2 Carbines which were developed post-war.

Initially, the M-1 Carbine did not accept a bayonet. Beginning in June 1944, the front band included a bayonet lug. Most earlier carbines were subsequently retrofitted with the bayonet-lug front band.

This example was made by the Imperial Knife Co., Providence, Rhode Island. The leather-grip identifies this as being from the first production run of 1944-1945.

This example is as-issued and in exceptional condition, with the starburst staking on the pommel, smooth parkerizing on the blade, and factory sharpening done after the blade was parkerized. 

According to noted U.S. bayonet authority Gary Cunningham, the pommel was made by subcontractor, Standard Products Co. of Port Clinton, Ohio. The number identifies the heat-treatment lot.  Standard Products Co. also produced M-1 Carbines during WWII.

The scabbard is an early production M8A1, without the metal tip. It was made by the Beckwith Manufacturing Co., Dover, NH, as a M8 scabbard for the M-3 fighting knife.  It was subsequently converted to an M8A1 by addition of the wire belt hanger.