WW2 M1 Garand 1905 Pattern (Converted) Fighting Knife

The Model of 1905 bayonet was made for the U.S. M1903 Springfield rifle.[1] This designation was changed to Model 1905 in 1917, and then to M1905 in 1925, when the army adopted the M designation nomenclature. The M1905 bayonet has a 16 in (41 cm) steel blade and a 4 in (10 cm) handle with wooden or plastic grips. The bayonet also fits the U.S. M1 Garand rifle. From 1943 to 1945, a shorter, 10 in (25 cm), bladed version was produced with either black or dark red molded plastic grips, and designated the M1 bayonet. Field conversions were commonplace, a rifle and bayonet being unwieldly in close quarters, and this example has been leather bound and pinned, the pommel ground down, as a fighting knife - either to replace a lost issued M3 or similar, or to act as a backup fighting knife for close combat. It truly is a unique and beautiful example.