German Bayonet Found in Cellar - Help?

[Hugo]

Bayonet, German? 

 

 

[museumtom]

Butcher bayonet, 98/05. German.

 

Edited 22 September , 2019 by museumtom

[peregrinvs]

Dedicated page here:

 

http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/HTNL DOCUMNETS/German_98_05_ variations.htm

 

Used with the 7.92mm Gewehr 98 rifle:

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewehr_98

 

[Hugo]

Ok, just to be clear, the bayonet is 18 inches long, and I belief the blade is over 13.5 inches long, is this standard for a German 1898/05 Butcher Blade?

[calibre792x57.y]

That's okay for a 98/05 which usually have a  fourteen inch blade with very slight differences due to grinding. -SW

[Hugo]

Thank You, 

 

Hugo 

[trajan]

Looks in slightly worse condition than one I found in Syrian desert while out walking one day some 15 years ago! Very much a relic... But that makes it more interesting in its own way.

 

Now, the BIG question, asked here before with no success... I know WHY it was called a 'Butcher bayonet', but WHEN was that term first used? It is not in Farrow, E.S. 1918. A Dictionary of Military Terms. New York: T.Y.Crowell...