Bayonets
A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit in, on, over or underneath the muzzle of a rifle, musket or similar weapon, turning the gun into a spear.[1] In this regard, it is an ancillary close-quarter combat or last-resort weapon.
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An aluminium-handled variant of the bayonet for the Argentine Model 1891 Mauser rifle, retaining the hooked quillon of early production — one of the earliest smokeless-powder Mauser export rifles that set the pattern for South American Mauser adoption.
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British Martini-Henry Bayonet
SKU: AH3564A socket bayonet for the Martini-Henry, the single-shot breech-loading rifle that armed British and colonial forces through the late Victorian era, most famously at the 1879 defence of Rorke's Drift.
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Japanese Arisaka Paratrooper Bayonet
SKU: AH3557A folding bayonet variant developed for Japanese paratrooper rifles of the Second World War, designed to fold flat against the barrel for compact carry during airborne operations.
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The 'Rosalie' — a needle-like, cross-sectioned épée bayonet for the French Lebel Model 1886 rifle, this version retaining the hooked quillon found on the earliest production before it was phased out during the First World War.
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British Pattern 1907 Bayonet, with Hook
SKU: AH3593The standard sword bayonet of the British and Commonwealth armies from 1907, fitted to the Lee-Enfield SMLE rifle and carried through both World Wars — this early production version retaining the hooked quillon.
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British Pattern 1907 Bayonet, No Hook
SKU: AH3592The standard sword bayonet of the British and Commonwealth armies from 1907, fitted to the Lee-Enfield SMLE rifle and carried through both World Wars — this version without the hooked quillon that early production included.
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French Lebel Trench Bayonet
SKU: AH3596A shortened, trench-modified version of the French Lebel 'Rosalie' bayonet — many original Rosalie bayonets were cut down by soldiers and ordnance sections into compact trench knives once trench warfare made the full-length needle bayonet impractical.
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Springfield Two-Bend Bayonet
SKU: AH3558A distinctive variant of the Springfield socket bayonet, its shaft carrying two curves — one at the base, one at the top — a design refinement within the same American Civil War-era Springfield family.
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Argentine Mauser Model 1891 Bayonet, Brass Handle
SKU: AH3598BRA brass-handled variant of the bayonet for the Argentine Model 1891 Mauser rifle, one of the earliest smokeless-powder Mauser export rifles that set the pattern for South American Mauser adoption.
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The 'Rosalie' — a needle-like, cross-sectioned épée bayonet for the French Lebel Model 1886 rifle, affectionately nicknamed by French troops and immortalised in a wartime song, while German soldiers on the receiving end called it 'the knitting needle.'
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A bayonet for the Argentine Model 1891 Mauser rifle, part of the wave of German-made Mauser export rifles adopted by South American armies in the late 19th century, distinguished by its hooked quillon.
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Brown Bess Bayonet
SKU: AH3551A socket bayonet for the Brown Bess, the British Army's standard flintlock musket for well over a century, worth correcting directly here as an 18th century design rather than the 17th century claimed in older listing copy.
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Enfield Sword Bayonet
SKU: AH3554A 19th century sword bayonet, long enough to double as a shortsword once fixed — a design developed so that riflemen, whose rifles were shorter than the muskets they replaced, could still form square and hold off a cavalry charge.
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Japanese Type 30 Bayonet
SKU: AH3589The standard bayonet of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897 through the end of the Second World War, fitted to the Arisaka Type 38 and Type 99 rifles and even mounted on light machine guns — among the most widely produced bayonets in history.
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Mauser Kar98k Bayonet
SKU: AH3588A knife bayonet for the Karabiner 98 Kurz, the standard German infantry rifle of the Second World War and one of the most widely issued bolt-action rifles in military history.
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Springfield Bayonet
SKU: AH3553A socket-style bayonet fitted to the Springfield rifle-musket, the standard infantry arm of Union forces during the American Civil War and among the most widely produced rifles of the conflict.
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Zouave Bayonet
SKU: AH3552A bayonet fitted to the distinctive rifles carried by Zouave regiments, the flamboyantly uniformed American Civil War units whose baggy trousers and fezzes were inspired by French colonial North African troops.
