Bowie Meets Hammer: the JPSK
The Jet Pilot Survival Knife is a classic piece of functional Cold War hardware that remained…
De Chalybe Vulnifico
Clint Smith’s Old Rifle course re-awakened in me a fascination with edged weapons that I’d had since my youth. Delving in chalybem vulnificum (into the wound-making steel) for an article on bayonets morphed into this resource for EW researchers and enthusiasts.
US Bayonet Evolution Since 1900
This post is about just what the title says, plus some of my personal experiences with…
British P1907 / Japanese Arisaka / US M1917 Bayonets
This article explains why the British pattern 1907 bayonet was a virtual clone of the Japanese…
Garden Tools in Close Combat
The shovel is actually a more effective APERS (anti-personnel) tool than than a bayonet. What it…
Zastava M59 / 66 underfolding blade bayonet
This Yugo blade bayonet has a very distinctive, enlongated ricasso to accommodate the papovka’s permanently affixed…
Philippine Bolos and Spanish Bolo Bayonets
The Spanish learned, during their half-millenium occupation of the Philippines, how effective bolos are as close…
Carcano Bayonets
This article may help you identify a bayonet made for the Italian Model 1891 Carcano rifles…
Why own a bayonet?
Many people collect bayonets and other militaria. Would they ever have any practical application for armed…
Isandhlwana and the Pulse Nightclub
This article I wrote, originally published on the now-defunct ILIVED website, explains concepts relating to maximum,…