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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 12287273, member: 20148&quot;]Yes Komo, they look kinda nasty don&#039;t they!</p><p><br /></p><p>The French were the first to adopt the yataghan style bayonet in 1840, but within only a few years just about everybody was using them. This lasted until about 1870, when shorter, straight, bayonets sort of became the norm. The original idea, so I undestand it&nbsp; was that as the firearms were still muzzle loaders, the yataghan style blade helped keep the hands away from the blade when ramming the bullet into the barrel.&nbsp; They look nasty, but don&#039;t forget that all these fitted on the side of the barrel, so the blade was laid flat. I can only imagine the damage they would have done had they been mounted under the barrel!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom one in the picture below is the 1866 pattern. The upper one is the earlier 1842 pattern, and it is absolutely enomous and extremely heavy! They also produced a later pattern to the 1842, the 1859 pattern, which was the same, but had a slightly different locking system in the hilt. I do have one, but not a photo if it at the moment. The 1866 pattern as Davey has, was much lighter and I presume more manageable when fitted to the rifle. </p><p>Within twnety years following the 1866 pattern, most countries had developed other types of bayonet and the yataghan (named after a Turkish type of sword), fell out of favour.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]553348[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I could well imagine just collecting these fascinating bayonets, there are so many to choose from, from so many different countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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