Description
Historically Designed Fencing Bayonet
Sword Versus Bayonet – from Harper’s Weekly, 1874.
The bayonet was employed by soldiers of most European militaries to defend against other bayonets or calvary charges. The methods of offense and defense were highly systematized and written into manuals by many authors of the late 19th century. One such author was George B. McClellan, Major General of the United States Army during the civil war. McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army, and in 1862 authored The Manual of Bayonet Exercise that was chiefly based off the work by French fencing master Gomard:
“Gomard lays it down as a principle, that the most formidable antagonist an infantry soldier can encounter is an infantry soldier; that the bayonet is more formidable than either the lance or the sabre.” George B. McClellan, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Army 1861-1862, “Manual of Bayonet Exercise”, 1862.
Springfield Armory Model 1863
The training bayonet’s stock is a silhouette of the Springfield Armory Model 1863 rifled musket. These muskets were produced in the United States at the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865 and was the last muzzle-loading longarm produced by the Massachusetts armory.
Specifications
- Ambidextrous
- 6 foot total length with blade
- 3/4″ thick, 56″ long impact resistant hickory wood stock
- 3D printed black plastic blade mount covered with black leather
- Dismountable 16″ flexible fencing blade attached with 6mm thumb screw