The "best" bayonets of the great war

[Cnock]

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Belgian bajonet mod.1889

Hi Sommewalker,

I was only referring to the difference between the German 98/05 and the Lebel

The Belgian mod.1889 was indeed a good bajonet, in my younger days relatively easy to find, now very rare (in good condition)

regards,

Cnock

[Whitedog]

Sorry for my error in confusing the 1905 with the 1910, I was thinking of the 1910, actually I have seen the 1905's in better shape than a lot of the 1910's, (service length?) however I found the advice on stretching the canvas very interesting, if not a little bit scary, I would have thought the likelihood of it tearing would have been too risky to try.Well done !khaki

Khaki, good point. Such deteriorating scabbards come up from time to time. However if a bayonet scabbard was so rotted, why would a person want to own it? The better conditioned scabbards are tough though and they'll hold up.

Fred