r/canadaguns • u/almighty_sossa • May 25 '26
Gun and gear reviews Bayonet sharpening
Heard the bells on my street and knew I had to get the tool sharpening guy sharpen my bayonet… $5
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u/julienjj May 25 '26
I had a friend that thought they needed to be sharp. I did a little demonstration with a fine plank of wood/mdf how easily they go thru with the weight of the gun once you swing it forward. Needless to say humans are softer than wood.
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u/GodsGiftToWrenching May 26 '26
I found out even with a dull bayonet when skewering a moose ribcage how hard a bayonet can get stuck in a rib. So when sharpened it would really get stuck in there
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u/VibeAnalyst May 26 '26
My SKS bayonet is blunt and soft like a toy sword, and yet it goes through a pork shoulder with surprising ease
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u/H0B013 May 26 '26
They're dull to reduce the chances of getting stuck in a rib. This is not advisable
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u/gnu_gai May 26 '26
Spike bayonets don't need to be sharp to be functional. Now if it were a sword or knife bayonet, those other functions would benefit from being sharp
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u/BrotherLefthand May 25 '26
I thought sharpening a bayonet was illegal. Not sure why I'm recalling that. My old brain is slipping away on me.
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u/Yellowcrayon2 May 25 '26
It’s not, just not recommended
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u/DiomedesWrath May 25 '26
A war crime, but not a civilian ownership crime fortunately lol
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u/Yellowcrayon2 May 25 '26
Makes it less effective for stabbing ironically
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u/DiomedesWrath May 25 '26
Nothing more ethical in war than stabbing another person with a dull blade lol
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u/Yellowcrayon2 May 26 '26
The sharper the blade is the deeper it’ll cut into ribs and get stuck plus the likelihood you’ll stab yourself performing a drill movement or fucking around with it
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u/whopperman May 25 '26
I mean we haven't added to our Geneva list in a while.
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u/Foreign_Active_7991 May 26 '26
Buddy in Scotland for some reason thought our history of war crimes was a bad thing, I just reminded him that Canada has never lost a war 😂
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u/whopperman May 26 '26
To be fair, at the time they weren't in the rule book until after the war.
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u/Foreign_Active_7991 May 26 '26
All's fair in love and war, only the losers cry about the victor "not fighting fair." Like when the Germans tried to get shotguns banned in WWI because the US was kicking their asses with the 1897 trench gun. Sucks to suck lmao.
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u/Parking_Media May 25 '26
In general they're rarely sharp, as it's just a steel pokey thing for buttery soft meat sacks we call humans and....
Penetration is surprisingly easy.
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