Half bayonet - Half sword !!

[Badger]

I've got a lot of bayonets to go along with my milsurp rifle collection, but I've always loved this piece. What a mean looking mother and I've always thought it was more like a sword than a bayonet. :D

Swiss 1914 Pioneer-Engineer SAWBACK Bayonet

http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/swissservicerifles/swissbayonets/1914pioneerengineersawbackbayonet/icons/DSC03501Medium.jpg ( http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/swissservicerifles/swissbayonets/1914pioneerengineersawbackbayonet/DSC03501Medium.jpg)(Click PIC to Enlarge) http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/swissservicerifles/swissbayonets/1914pioneerengineersawbackbayonet/icons/DSC03505Medium.jpg ( http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/swissservicerifles/swissbayonets/1914pioneerengineersawbackbayonet/DSC03505Medium.jpg)

1914 Pioneer-Engineer SAWBACK Bayonet (more pics ... click here) ( http://imageevent.com/badgerdog/swissservicerifles/swissbayonets/1914pioneerengineersawbackbayonet)

Regards,
Badger

[wheaty]

The command in the 1884 Manual of Arms for the Yatagan bayonet as used on the Martini Henry was "affix swords"

[Light Infantry]

Awesome! (I've got the same one, or similiar, i believe their were 2 distinct versions). I bring it out when guests come over. They love it! It's a great way to get an evening started!

LI

[Claven2]

I bring it out when guests come over. They love it! It's a great way to get an evening started!

LI

Nothing gets a party rolling like bayonetting the dullest guest and then sawing some boughs for the fire... ;)

[GrantRCanada]

Wicked looking item, indeed.

I'm also partial to the British Yataghan sword bayonets, originally intorduced in the 1850's for use with some of the models of muzzle-loading Enfields, then continued in use for the Snider-Enfield versions of same and also adapted ultimately to the Martini-Henry. As Wheaty has said, they were specifically referred to as "swords", at least in the Rifles regiments that they were issued to ....

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I just finished typeing about how much I liked sword bayos on the swiss thread when I saw this one. Bayonets are making a comeback in todays armys not sword bayos unfortunatly but for transport of prisoners or keeping civies at a distance a bayonet is perfect.