Why Aren T Bayonets Sharpened at Lynn Jacobs blog

Why Aren T Bayonets Sharpened. They can be sharpened and used like a knife but you will most probably have to do some serious reprofiling before you get a usable edge. I think the earlier blade bayonets (us krag & m1903) were not meant to be sharpened, but in combat, this is often ignored. Although you could seriously hurt someone with it, it doesn't exactly. Bayonet is last ditch self protection tool, and is poking tool not slashing tool. As for why doctrine was against this, there are many reasons why you would. I'm asking this because i've bought an unissued swiss 1957 bayonet. The somewhat lame answer is that they didn't fix them because doctrine said not to (except the soviets, which i'll address). As a bayonet is often designed to do double duty as a field knife, like the m9 bayonet shown below, it makes sense to have it. Officially, bayonet are not sharpened because that is against un, nato and geneva conventions regulations. Depending on the unit and their particular tactics, i would think that most of the more experienced troops would have taken sharpened.

Depending on the unit and their particular tactics, i would think that most of the more experienced troops would have taken sharpened. The somewhat lame answer is that they didn't fix them because doctrine said not to (except the soviets, which i'll address). I think the earlier blade bayonets (us krag & m1903) were not meant to be sharpened, but in combat, this is often ignored. Although you could seriously hurt someone with it, it doesn't exactly. Bayonet is last ditch self protection tool, and is poking tool not slashing tool. I'm asking this because i've bought an unissued swiss 1957 bayonet. They can be sharpened and used like a knife but you will most probably have to do some serious reprofiling before you get a usable edge. As for why doctrine was against this, there are many reasons why you would. Officially, bayonet are not sharpened because that is against un, nato and geneva conventions regulations. As a bayonet is often designed to do double duty as a field knife, like the m9 bayonet shown below, it makes sense to have it.

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Why Aren T Bayonets Sharpened I'm asking this because i've bought an unissued swiss 1957 bayonet. Depending on the unit and their particular tactics, i would think that most of the more experienced troops would have taken sharpened. I think the earlier blade bayonets (us krag & m1903) were not meant to be sharpened, but in combat, this is often ignored. Officially, bayonet are not sharpened because that is against un, nato and geneva conventions regulations. The somewhat lame answer is that they didn't fix them because doctrine said not to (except the soviets, which i'll address). As a bayonet is often designed to do double duty as a field knife, like the m9 bayonet shown below, it makes sense to have it. I'm asking this because i've bought an unissued swiss 1957 bayonet. They can be sharpened and used like a knife but you will most probably have to do some serious reprofiling before you get a usable edge. As for why doctrine was against this, there are many reasons why you would. Bayonet is last ditch self protection tool, and is poking tool not slashing tool. Although you could seriously hurt someone with it, it doesn't exactly.