Canadian FN C-1 Bayonet

[Bruster]

Cleaning out an old tool box, I found a couple of FN C-1 Bayonets I had found, years ago, in a river. These show no signs of ever having been sharpened, yet the blade still looks like it hadn't been ground down to take any existing edge off
. Was this the way they came from the factory and needed final sharpening? Or, was it used this way by our soldiers?

 

[SA85M1]

Bayonets were not to be sharpened when in use...

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I read somewhere that when Canada declared war in 1914, one of the preparations was the recall and sharpening of bayonets.

Grizz

 

[Painkillers]

I was always lead to believe that bayonets weren't sharpened. Bayo's like the ones for the AK that were designed to be used as fence/wire cutters and field knives were of course sharp.

 

[tbhupe]

Ours were always issued dull. RCR '83-'90.

 

[marshall]

The 2 or 3 I had where all blunt, Safer that way.

 

[Bruster]

Thanks for the responses.

 

[woodchopper]

well there always was the old wives tale about sharpened bayonets. If it had a fuller groove / blood groove, then it was not to be sharpened as that would be a Hague violation, sort of like the stories about edible buttons, etc...

 

[Eaglelord17]

Sharpened bayonets were not a thing for Canada. Besides safety well doing drill it also is because they are stabbing weapons not cutting weapons and a sharp edge can cut into bone and become lodged in there. A dull/blunt blade will deflect/break the bone.

 

[37patt]

While the FN bayonet had a bit of a point and a relatively dull edge the C7 bayonet had a very sharp point and a sharp edge.

Different requirements from the LCMM for unknown reasons I guess.

 

[Kampfhamster]

Swiss Army bajonets also were not sharpened. Some units are told to not draw them from the sheath. In the artillery we used them as tools to open the palets with the 155mm ammo. Good sturdy tool that took a beating.

 

[Eaglelord17]

While the FN bayonet had a bit of a point and a relatively dull edge the C7 bayonet had a very sharp point and a sharp edge.

Different requirements from the LCMM for unknown reasons I guess.

If I am not mistaken the most recent C7 bayonet has a sharpening attachment on the scabbard. I would also say that they are missing the point in a bayonet considering many of the early c7 bayonets would break in usage.

 

[37patt]

Yes, the bayonet 2000 has a thin sharpening steel on the scabbard.

I was with the Engineers in Chilliwack when the switch to the C7 happened, they would jam an FN bayonet through steel wire rope to untwist it and do whatever - well they tried that with the C7 bayonet and promptly snapped 3 or 4 of them before they gave up. Horrible steel.