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Jim McDougall · Yesterday, 08:13 PM

One of the key edged weapon examples I think of sometimes mounted with bayonet blades would be the Moroccan s'boula. While native makers were entirely capable of making blades, with bayonet blades around, why not use them?

The sboula with red cord has a blade from what appears a Mannlicher-Berthier 1892 bayonet; the bayonet form.
Then a Chassepot 1874 bayonet sometimes found in the s'boula worn by Berber tribesmen in Morocco.
While the Foreign Legion was situated primarily in Algerian regions, the borders were of course diaphanous, and eventually the Legion did establish an outpost in Oudja, near that border but in Morocco.

Yesterday, 08:13 PM	#9
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,579	Bayonet blades in Saharan weapons One of the key edged weapon examples I think of sometimes mounted with bayonet blades would be the Moroccan s'boula. While native makers were entirely capable of making blades, with bayonet blades around, why not use them? The sboula with red cord has a blade from what appears a Mannlicher-Berthier 1892 bayonet; the bayonet form. Then a Chassepot 1874 bayonet sometimes found in the s'boula worn by Berber tribesmen in Morocco. While the Foreign Legion was situated primarily in Algerian regions, the borders were of course diaphanous, and eventually the Legion did establish an outpost in Oudja, near that border but in Morocco. Attached Images Last edited by Jim McDougall; Yesterday at 11:06 PM.