United States. A Remington Model 1917 Bayonet with a Canadian Broad Arrow

This bayonet features a 425 mm long sandblasted steel blade, magnetic, with a very sharp edge and a semi-sharp tip, the fuller running almost the full length of the bayonet on both sides, with bluing added to the ricasso on both sides, marked "1917" and maker marked "REMINGTON" within a circle on the obverse ricasso, the reverse ricasso marked with the ordnance flaming bomb above "U.S." (the Ordnance property mark), along with being marked at the left with an eagle's head over "26" (individual inspector responsible for the final acceptance of the bayonet), measuring 425 mm in length. The blade is embedded into the heavy steel crossguard with the same bluing finish as that used on the ricasso, the crossguard designed with a ring at one end for placement upon the barrel of a rifle, with wooden plates embedded onto either side of the handle to form the grip, each of which has two large grooves and are held in place via two large screws penetrated by rivets, the steel pommel designed with a flare end with knob and housing the mortise to receive the rifle, the pommel marked with the Canadian Broad Arrow production mark on the obverse and a "4" plus an additional mark on the reverse, the bayonet measuring 545 mm in length. The bayonet is housed in its scabbard with a black-finished boiled leather body, exhibiting a raised stitched seam along the full length and embossed with the maker mark "JEWELL 1918" (Jewell Belting Company of Hartford, Connecticut; manufactured in 1918) near the locket on the reverse, the locket and chape in magnetic metal, each of which is stapled in place to the boiled leather body on both sides, the throat secured in place to the locket via six rivets, three on either side, the chape in a snub-nose style with a die-hole at the bottom, the scabbard measuring 455 mm in length. The blade exhibits scratches and pitting throughout on both sides, with bluing wear present on the crossguard and small nicks on both wooden plates of the grip, the scabbard with contact marks and scuffing on the boiled leather, along with separation evident in the leather where it butts the metal locket on both sides, the metal locket and chape with surface wear. Fine.