Become an expert on the U.S. Krag Bayonet

This book will enable you to:

• Read the critical letters, documents, and endorsements relating to design, manufacture, and modification of this bayonet and scabbard
• View hundreds of clear color photographs detailing variations in markings, blade designs and finishes, scabbard hook configurations, scales and rivets
• Learn production numbers of service bayonet, cadet bayonet, bowie bayonet, and bolo bayonet
• Learn the distinct characteristics of the varied scabbard models, and match the appropriate model scabbard to your knife bayonet
• View several bayonet and scabbard blueprints
• View the 1901 prototype of the Krag bolo bayonet, fabricated in the Philippines by Captain Hugh D. Wise
• Discover the officers’ feelings about the experimental bowie and bolo bayonets by reading the almost ninety reports of the trials of these bayonets
• Read the history of the Krag bayonet as used at West Point from 1895–1963
• View and learn about several experimental bayonets utilizing the Krag style hilt

Book Specifications

• Hard cover, 8.5" x 11" with matching design on book cover (or dustcover)
• Printed on high quality, acid-free, gloss paper
• Contains 332 pages with 261 full color and 114 b/w or 70% full color and 30% b/w

Table of Contents

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