I was working on one of my vehicles to get it out of the workshop. Pulled the ignition key cylinder. Looked arounf for a flat tipped screwdriver to use to turn the ignition lock, but only Phillips tip drivers to be found.
One of my many stray spike bayonets fell to and and did the job admirably.
I have heard the called tent pegs, etc.
What other odd or unusual things have them been used for?
I found they worked quite well for throwing knives. One revolution between me and the target...
Roasted marshmallows and a few tree rats "gray squirrel" with a Mosin bayo shoved on a stick more then once.
They must call it a "pig sticker" for some reason. I guess after you've shot ten pigs you can still get #11. :D
Tent peg for sure.Bought a bunch for 5/$1.00.They didn't bend like the stamped sheet metal tent pegs in the rocky ground of the mountains.
They used to be sold as tent pegs in surplus shops in UK, albeit that was a few decades ago!
i bought a pair "decades ago" - fifty pence each c/w scabbards.
Best you check who made them as some of them are getting way past the tent peg value! your tuppence bayo buy could be a windfall for your wallet......
What's happened to all the scabbards??? There seems to be a lot more of the bayonets for sale with no scabbard than with. Did some-one come up with a an alternative use for the scabbard or did the U.K. military put the bayonets into storage but scrapped a lot of the scabbards?
We used to un-braze the spike scabbard buttons, make good the curved side and use them for repairing/replacing missing buttons on the No5 scabbards. We did hundreds of 'em. I'm sure that it was an authorised No5 scabbard repair in the V-150 EMER!