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You know, I've got a modified M-7 too! I ground off the ring and most of the guard, leaving only a 1/4" guard protrusion. I also took off the metal latch thing on the butt and tossed it, and rounded what was left, like a sykes/fairbairn. The sheath is elkhide, rough suede out.

Sheath: Just wrap the blade in a few layers of plastic, fold over the leather, clamp and epoxy it. Trim when cured, that's it. The plastic is so the epoxy will not stick to the steel, and it will fit perfectly when the plastic is unwrapped. The sheath only goes up to the guard, covering only the blade. There is no belt loop.

The suede-out sheath friction sticks under your waist inside your pants anywhere you want it, front, sides or SOB. You can easily move it around for driving, walking etc since there is no belt attachment. This sucker conceals like you wouldn't believe. (I live in "gun-free" Cali, remember.)

For $15 you have a concealable "dirk" with a 7" blade. I also sharpened the beveled back side of the blade. If I lose it or have to dump it, I'm out $15 and can make another.

Great minds...........:o)

The top of the bayonet lug latch that remains .....I left with sharp corners to act as a skull crusher/glass breaker and to use as a drag rake across my targets exposed hide.

The kewl part about using such is as 300 win mag states ....if ya lose it yer out a few duckets in peace time. Long enough to get from the joint of the neck /sholder to reach a vital yet the agressive grip pattern keeps the slick oil like dampness leaking from some critters a moot point .

Escrima ?

Me too, though mine's made from a much-modified M6 bayonet for the M14. We had a few excess in one stateside unit I was in when we traded our M14s in for M16A1s, and I *disposed* of them just like I was told to, since I was not given specifics of exactly where I dumped them.

But I hung onto one, and shortened the blade to a around 5½ inches, and it's now much, MUCH sharper than as- issued. And yep, I ground the muzzle ring off of mine too, though it was often carried when an M21 sniper's rifle that would accept an M14 bayonet was my usual companion. The latching mechinism is still in place on mine [it's a bit different from that of the M7 or M4 for the old M1 Carbine] so it could be so used if really necessary, but I can't really imagine ever doing so.

My original sheath was a modification of one of the USAF pilot's survival knife sheaths. At present I'm using a British L1A1 steel bayonet scabbard, with a nylon webbing cover and belt hanger, that works fine for me. The thing's more meant to be a utility knife than fighter [better handled by my khukuri, IMHO] and is more usually the one I loan out or carry in really nasty whether, or when having a spare along otherwise is a good idea. It's a bit heavy, and not quite either as light or as handy as the Schrade *Sharpfinger* that rides under my wrist in the elastic combo rig that carries a spare Browning GP magazine behind the top of my righthand wrist, but it'll do, it'll do.