Swiss Bayonet Comparison

[gwpercle]

Awesome collection.
Makes me wish I had bought some. In the late 50's and 60's the local military surplus store had tables piled high with bayonets , selling them for $5.00 each , except the sawbacks...$10.00 each. My two high school buddies and I each bought 1911 Carbines ($19.95 ) but they let us walk out without selling us matching bayonets...maybe we didn't have any more money. But those sawbacks sure generated some stories, we were told if a soldier was caught with one, the German's shot him on the spot. I still have and shoot my K-11 and a buddies who no longer wanted his and sold it to me.
Darn...wish I had bought some blades then, they sure look great!
Thanks for posting....gary

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[Beerhunter]

we were told if a soldier was caught with one, the German's shot him on the spot.

It's unlikely because the Swiss and Germans were never at war.

However the story has also been told of British soldiers treatment of German Soldiers found with Pioneer bayonets.