M-1905 bayonet rawhide scabbard question from a newbe

[mrcoin]

I'm not a collector. I buy items from estate sales and sell them on eBay for a living.
I recently bought a M-1905 bayonet. It is dated 1906, Springfield armory with the flaming bomb ordnance mark. Serial number is 77277. The scabbard is covered in rawhide. I've never seen a rawhide scabbard before. Are they common to this period?
I've listed it on ebay under my wife's user name "ravenlady". There are 12 photos there.

[BOB LOUGHLIN]

Yes, it also had a canves cover over that.

[mrcoin]

Thanks Bob. Looks like something is missing then/

[1mark]

The rawhide wrapped portion is the inner piece. The leather or web / canvas cover went over the rawhide.

[03Springfield]

It is difficult to say what type of scabbard you have with no pictures, however you may simply have the later 1910 model scabbard with the canvas sheath missing or you may have the leather covered scabbard that was made from 1906-1910.

The latter come in at least three flavors, the 1904 style krag pattern hanger, the aluminim experimental model and the conversion from the 1904 pattern belt hanger to the type seen on the 1910-brass wire that was bent into a hook for use in the eyelets of web belts.

[Tom in N.J.]

The M1905 (Krag hanger) is a pretty scarce item nowadays... As '03Springfield stated, they were made / modified in a few patterns. The original leather over wood came with short and long metal throats, the leather covered aluminum body has a rebated tip to the body and two empty rivet holes in the throat. They were modified to use M1910 hooks in at least three ways. Some of these old modified scabbards were issued as late as 1942 /43 and turn up as odd bits in WWII photos.