What about plug bayonets?

[fernando]

Hi Jim, thank you for your kind words.
Still in Evan's work, from where i was 'inspired' (no miracles), i'd call your attention for page 246, plate 487, where he shows an end XVIII century Portuguese bayonet with such cup ferrule of German ( via Liege) taste.
(I have also noticed that these cups are often visible in German hunting swords).
In same page, plate 488, we can see that, although the file work in blade backs is a Spanish (Andalucian) fashion, it also occurs in Portuguese specimens.
Nothing more i can say about the handle wood being holm (Azinho, over here). The sugestion was posted in the previous thread by Spiral, and i thaught it was quite plausible. Azinho abunds in certain areas of the country, was used in ancient times in naval construction, is a conveniently hard wood and can be seen in tool handles ... as also in traditional sculpture. I confess i never showed it to a wood connoisseur ... though i had that in mind.
Fernando