Six makers produced the original US M6 scabbard for the M3 Trench Knife, back in 1943. Production was soon dropped as use in the field highlighted the need for a more "soldier-proof" scabbard, so the plastic M8 design was introduced & the M6 gradually withdrawn from service.
Genuine M6's are high value & very scarce collector items: as such the use of original M6's for re-enacting is to be avoided. Other reproduction M6's DO exist, but all the ones I have seen were cheaply made & not up to standard for either knife collectors or WW2 re-enactors...cheap leather, badly sewn, poor attempts are makers markings, low quality metalwork & fittings with the wrong finish, etc. My M6 scabbards have taken over 20 years to source correct fittings for: plus I have reproduced the makers marks of all 6 of the original WW2 makers;
MOOSE, BARWOOD, MILSCO, VINER, L&C, SBL. I can also supply the M6 of your choice modified for the M1918 Trench Knife. £55 each MOOSE Co. M6 |



