The Model 1915 bolo bayonet was designed to replace the M1909 but never went into major production. There were apparently 6,000 produced and the majority, some 5,000, were sent to the Philippines to be used by indigenous troops there. Due to the jungle climate and the overall utility of this bolo, very few exist today and Jim Maddox in an article for The Society of the American Bayonet Collector's noted that the canvass and wood scabbards are rarer than the bayonets themselves.
Filipino soldier's with their Springfield rifles & bolo bayonets.
