M7 Bayonet Fighting Knife Handle "Knuckle"

This is a reproduction of a hard to find experimental Vietnam era item. During the 1960's there an experimental design to turn the M7 Bayonet into a fighting knife by replacing one side of the issued grips. You would remove the factory grip screws from the bayonet and then remove the right side plastic grip panel. You would replace the right side plastic grip panel with the cast "knuckle" grip panel and then reinsert the factory screws. There is debate on the origin of the original design and questions as to if there was ever a military production trial or if they were private purchase. Examples can also be found with plastic knuckles and with aluminum knuckles. The knuckle handles we have here are a cast one piece aluminum panel. Bayonet not included, but shown for demonstration purpose only. The purchase is for the right sided knuckle grip panel only. You use the factory left bayonet panel in conjunction with this panel. These are the very last of the handles. Our old school source for these reached out at the end of April and said he found a final box with 20 handles. After these 20 are sold, there will not be any more from us unless we stumble across them somewhere else and in 25 years this is the only source I have found. My point is that if you want one, this very well may be the last chance!