Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 anyone know anything about them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,316 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 For sale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 For sale? no there be a bit history with that, prob been stuck in more young fellas than cliff Richard. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,758 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The French had a conflict against the Vietnamese in 1886 might be something to do with that . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The French had a conflict against the Vietnamese in 1886 might be something to do with that . british soldier must had it if it ended up in ireland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 or foreign legion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,484 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 You wanna try get in contact with the Stig. Sure theres someone on here thats in contact with him. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,758 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The French had a conflict against the Vietnamese in 1886 might be something to do with that . british soldier must had it if it ended up in ireland it's over a century old it's probably been many places , if it could only talk eh . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 or foreign legion forgot say it about 30" long near full size sword but it a bayonet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratbuster 808 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 It's a French Yataghan style bajonet: In 1840 the French produced a bayonet whose style was to affect bayonet design across the world for the next 50 years. The 1840 model had a distinctive recurved blade, based on the North African Yataghan swords. Why the shape was chosen is open to conjecture, the shape gave a longer reach with the long blade and the curve ensured that the blade was out of the bullet trajectory, of course it may just have been a styling exercise. There is a theory that the choice of blade was the best compromise for a blade between thrusting and slashing; In some areas the Yataghan bade replaced the infantry sword and the socket bayonet so this theory may hold, however in other armies the ordinary trooper in the field was never issued a sword, this being a status symbol for the "gentlemen" officers so the theory has a few gaps. The 1840 had a brass cross guard and hilt with a steel scabbard, within 2 years this had been changed to a steel crossguard as the brass was found not to give the required strength and resilience. The 1842 model had a steel cross guard and a modified blade, a further modification to this was made in 1859 to give the 42/59, this had an internal spring instead of the external leaf spring, by this time the blade style had migrated to other countries with the USA in 1842, UK starting in 1853 with their first Yataghans. Over the next 60+ years virtually every country made a Yataghan styled blade, the last being made at the beginning of the 20th Century in South America Now you know a little more about it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 It's a French Yataghan style bajonet: In 1840 the French produced a bayonet whose style was to affect bayonet design across the world for the next 50 years. The 1840 model had a distinctive recurved blade, based on the North African Yataghan swords. Why the shape was chosen is open to conjecture, the shape gave a longer reach with the long blade and the curve ensured that the blade was out of the bullet trajectory, of course it may just have been a styling exercise. There is a theory that the choice of blade was the best compromise for a blade between thrusting and slashing; In some areas the Yataghan bade replaced the infantry sword and the socket bayonet so this theory may hold, however in other armies the ordinary trooper in the field was never issued a sword, this being a status symbol for the "gentlemen" officers so the theory has a few gaps. The 1840 had a brass cross guard and hilt with a steel scabbard, within 2 years this had been changed to a steel crossguard as the brass was found not to give the required strength and resilience. The 1842 model had a steel cross guard and a modified blade, a further modification to this was made in 1859 to give the 42/59, this had an internal spring instead of the external leaf spring, by this time the blade style had migrated to other countries with the USA in 1842, UK starting in 1853 with their first Yataghans. Over the next 60+ years virtually every country made a Yataghan styled blade, the last being made at the beginning of the 20th Century in South America Now you know a little more about it. good info there cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PIL 7 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 The Stig is on a jolly at the minute Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Join the other site mate..stig will let you no 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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