siclfde Posted August 24, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 24, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Unmarked-WWII-U-S-M6-Leather-Scabbard-for-M-3-Fighting-Knife-/131278164483?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e90c9d203 Anybody got any thoughts on this one? Looks legit to me but I am at loss as to why no markings. I have seen them w the markings crossed out, but not totally w/o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 24, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 24, 2014 Just an uneducated guess here but this looks like a variation of the scabbard for the Raider knife. Grip strap looks to small in diameter to fit the M3 handle Rivits being domed on the scabbard are also more of the Raider supplied scabbard where as the M6 typically use the coffin style staples. Looks original but thinking its the Raider knife scabbard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted August 24, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 24, 2014 Doyler beat me to it. That's what I was thinking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 24, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 24, 2014 photo from auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Posted August 24, 2014 Share #5 Posted August 24, 2014 I agree to doyler, this is 1st type scabbard for Marine Corps Raider stiletto. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted August 24, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 24, 2014 I'm on track with Ron Doyler on this one. I'd say it was used for a Raider Knife, as a replacement scabbard. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byf41 Posted August 24, 2014 Share #7 Posted August 24, 2014 I agree with Ron . USMC Raider sheath . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siclfde Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted August 24, 2014 You guys are right - sorry. I got blinded by the title and just assumed I was looking at an M6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy69 Posted September 3, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 3, 2014 I watched this for a while and he took it down early at a $95 opening bid with no bids placed. He then decided (based on his statement in the relisting) that the handle strap had "shrunk" as it was too short to close on an M3. He said he tried to stretch it and tore it off, doh! Best part was he relisted it and sold it at $150. What a train wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeder3 Posted September 3, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 3, 2014 Yup, I wanted that one as well. Have 2 knives I could use it for. Happens all the time though. Worst is when you ask for a price, they tell you something sky high, then end up selling for far under what they told you they'd take and less than your offer. Nothing as frustrating. Lol. Anyways, shame he buggered up this scabbard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka bar Posted September 3, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 3, 2014 When I first saw this sheath, there appears to be a very slight taper from the throat of the scabbard to the tip in terms of its width... I haven't seen this on a M6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted September 3, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 3, 2014 Is this sheath shorter than a regular M6 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warcollect1942 Posted September 14, 2014 Share #13 Posted September 14, 2014 This one has ten staples, only Mooseco used ten staples on m6. I believe the rivets and staples in the thread are wrong for a Mooseco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 14, 2014 Share #14 Posted September 14, 2014 This one has ten staples, only Mooseco used ten staples on m6. I believe the rivets and staples in the thread are wrong for a Mooseco[/quot Not an M6.Rivites were used on Raiders scabbards an were not maker marked. M6 used staples on the body that are coffin shaped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted September 14, 2014 Share #15 Posted September 14, 2014 Looks like a french made M6 sheath to me. But none answered to my question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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