Ethnographic bayonets question

sirupate · 23rd June 2010, 11:38 PM

When Bhess Narayan Dahal (the curator of the National Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal) took me round in 2008 talking me through the various weapons, I took some pics of the kukri style bayonets, I hope they are of some use;
Bhess below;

Kukri style Bayonets below;

tom hyle · 24th June 2010, 10:04 AM

Yatagan bayonets are actually pretty traditional for old-school 18th or earlier 19th (here's the trick) salawar yatagans. Before they became so wide-based, they already had the double curve.
Do you know what a sumpitan is? It is a Bornean hardwood blowgun drilled from one piece by a two-man team (Amazonian blowguns are bound up out of two hollowed channels), and scarf-joined to its tip is a whipped-on tanged spear blade. The tip of the tang is bent at a right angle and keyed to the blowgun.

tom hyle · 24th June 2010, 10:12 AM

From what I read, bayonets were originally hunting weapons, rather than for intraspecie violence.

24th June 2010, 10:04 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Spider of War, oh wait; that's my title; I don't understand titling these replies.... Yatagan bayonets are actually pretty traditional for old-school 18th or earlier 19th (here's the trick) salawar yatagans. Before they became so wide-based, they already had the double curve. Do you know what a sumpitan is? It is a Bornean hardwood blowgun drilled from one piece by a two-man team (Amazonian blowguns are bound up out of two hollowed channels), and scarf-joined to its tip is a whipped-on tanged spear blade. The tip of the tang is bent at a right angle and keyed to the blowgun. Last edited by tom hyle; 24th June 2010 at 10:10 AM. Reason: perfectionism

23rd June 2010, 11:38 PM	#1
sirupate Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 373	When Bhess Narayan Dahal (the curator of the National Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal) took me round in 2008 talking me through the various weapons, I took some pics of the kukri style bayonets, I hope they are of some use; Bhess below; Kukri style Bayonets below;

24th June 2010, 10:12 AM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	From what I read, bayonets were originally hunting weapons, rather than for intraspecie violence.