Okay i ask this for the sword before but by accident i closed the question. on that question we thought it was a benonnet. we have another sword on here it might be french so we think that this one might be to t has a few markings on it could they tell us where it came from http://picasaweb.google.com/team6and7/Swords2
2006-08-26 15:50:14 · 5 answers · asked by sfan786 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
its might be a sword bayonet i recently saw them at gettysburg
2006-08-26 16:48:22 · update #1
It is Austrian and was produced for Civil War use. It is definitely a bayonet and the part showing the marking is known as the Ricasso (unsharpened part of the sword below the grip).
2006-08-26 17:07:36 · answer #1 · answered by charmingchatty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to burst you boys' bubbles, but that ain't no bayonet! There is no way to attach a sword with a hilt to a rifle barrel. I'd go so far as to say it is a crude Sabre...maybe even a simple short sword. It's difficult to determine as there are no dimensions.
2006-08-26 23:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by kaylora 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it IS a bayonet - that's why there's the closed loop on the hilt, so that it can be fitted to the barrel of a rifle.
2006-08-26 22:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by altgrave 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
looks like an old sword from the Middle East.Maybe aroun Arabia.
2006-08-26 22:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Nicholais S 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its old europien and was propably customary
2006-08-26 22:59:11 · answer #5 · answered by Nathaniel G 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋