104-C-132 Italian Model 1870/15 Knife Bayonet x 2

Sword bayonet for use with the 10.4 mm M1870 Vetterli and M1870/87 Vetterli-Vitali rifles. Also mounts to the 6.5 mm M1870/87/16 Vetterli-Carcano rifle. This one was made at Reale Fabbrica d’ Armi di Torino (Arms Factory of Turin). It has the original composition grip scales, with the long spring and without the cut out lower muzzle ring, was once thought to have been introduced in 1875. Many M1870 bayonets were subsequently shortened and/or had the lower quillon removed, making unaltered examples very desirable to collectors.