Cavalry? Strange Leather Hatchet Cover

[m1a2u2]

Anyone know what this? Wonder if it's a cavalry hatchet cover but I have never seen one so I can't be sure.

I know the G&K stands for Graton and Knight and the E.J.B. is the inspector stamp but the 1918 date is strange.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

[ReverendJake]

Definitely a hatchet cover, not necessarily cavalry though.

[Blair217]

That's the M1912 Hatchet Cover.The long strap and ring was so it could be lashed to something like a wagon,

[m1a2u2]

That's the M1912 Hatchet Cover.The long strap and ring was so it could be lashed to something like a wagon,

 

Thanks, do you have a source for that? The cover in the M1912 field manual is hard to make out. Is this a rare item?

[Blair217]

Source?No not really,that's all I've ever seen them IDed as when listed for sale.They're pretty common,buy one just like it for $26-

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Army-M-1912-Hatchet-Cover-94-B-/151029922131?hash=item232a15b953

 

[Spathologist]

Ordnance Memorandum 1715 shows the Cavalry Equipments, Model of 1912. It shows a hatchet cover, but that one ain't it. So if it is a Model 1912, it definitely isn't Cavalry.

[Blair217]

Ordnance Memorandum 1715 shows the Cavalry Equipments, Model of 1912. It shows a hatchet cover, but that one ain't it. So if it is a Model 1912, it definitely isn't Cavalry.

 

I believe it has more to do with wagon equipment tool sets than Cavalry.

[Big Al]

The proper name of the case shown above (as it says in the M1904 Maxim Handbook, link here: http://books.google.com/books?id=t71BAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=1904+maxim+machine+gun&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nKDUUf4Yl93gA8CggfgE&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false) is the Broad-Hatchet-Head Case.The description is on page 49.

[Blair217]

Anybody got a Sledge Carrier Model of 1912 shown in the book on Big Al's link?I note it lists the broad hatchet under Pioneer Tools and that they were commercially purchased items.