Original Vietnam War Era Japanese Made M1917 Bolo by KIFFE With WWI Brauer Bros 1918 Dated Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle and just a bit of

and just a bit of fabric pulling on the back background

the sides were steeply angled

The stock does show damage near the front barrel band / bayonet lug

Overall condition of the winter flying gloves is excellent

Czapek is the Polish word for "cap"

Original Vietnam War Era Japanese Made M1917 Bolo by KIFFE With WWI Brauer Bros 1918 Dated Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle and just a bit ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of an M1917 Bolo made by KIFFE, a Japanese based company in the early 1960s. According to retired employees, the company had a very large quantity of the WWI M1917 bolo scabbards and had trouble selling the scabbards without a knife. In order to boost sales, the company had the bolos made in Japan to match with the scabbards. These bolos were near exact copies but had black plastic grip