WW2 No4 MkII* Pig Sticker bayonet by Prince-Smith & Stells in its scarce MkII steel scabbard.
£65
WW2 British army issue No4 MkII* Pig Sticker bayonet to fit the No4 service rifle by Prince-Smith & Stells of Keighley, Yorkshire in its scarce MkII steel scabbard. The boss stamped to the left side No4 MkII* over P.S.K. the trade mark of Prince-Smith & Stells. Welded spike pig sticker blade. In its rarely seen regulation pattern steel MkII scabbard, a further simplified war time design with a light weight parallel steel tubular body with end plug drilled with a drain hole. According to Skennerton 25,000 experimental MkII scabbards were made by the Franco-British electrical company of Tempel Park, Hurley, they are rarely seen today, presumably being swapped for better quality Mk1 scabbards post war when there were plenty available. Regulation British WW2 issue bayonet, the No4 was little more than a screw driver blade welded onto a boss that fitted over the barrel of the rifle, but it worked well enough although unlike the more conventional knife bayonets it could not be used as a fighting knife. Prince-Smith and & Stells of Keighly Yorkshire manufactured MkII* bayonets from 1942 until 1945.
