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Originally Posted by corrado26
I found a foto of a similar plug bajonet and as my source says bajonets with such blades are mostly made not for military purpose but for hunting use.
corrado26
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Thank you for your comments and pictures, Corrado.
I see that the example you post with the waving blade is an example from the 17th. century, belonging to the collection of the Royal Armouries (object X-688), also present in R.C.D. Evans work THE PLUG BAYONET.
Eventually this and the other bayonets shown in the book with this type of blade are practically all of British origin ... and all said to be for military (officers) use. Actually in the preface of the British bayonets section, Evans reminds us that, there is no documentary evidence that the British plug bayonet was ever used for hunting purposes. Naturally this refers to British costumes and not necessarily those of other regions but, the truth is that plug bayonets with waving blades are apparently rather rare to find elsewhere.
Still i have a feeling that the discussed example, although of foreign influence, is of Portuguese origin ... especially because i would like it to be so
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