M16A1 M7 Bayo is it suppose tobe sharp?

[Caleb314]

Any one has ak47 bayo? are they sharp as well? On pics it looks like they are.

They can be sharpened but the steel isnt that hard (50-53RC from my research but who knows really good knives are 56-60). They tend to come with the edge ground off to as some sort of de militarization. They also seem to be chrome platted so it would be very hard to put an edge back on it( chrome is very hard)

 

[gewehr76]

Ok Thank you for confirmation.
I checked and parkerization is intact and the only marks on it is wear from the sheath on the sides of the blade.

M7/C7 BAYONETS are generally sharp and will have a fairly keen edge and sharp point, I have several brand new Colt mfg. M7's, US G.I. M7's and Diemaco C7 bayonets, all very sharp, sharp tip. The C1a1/ L1a1 bayonets were issued dull. You could check and see if some over enthusiastic bubba sharpened it on a stone by checking the Parkerizing been removed down to bare metal. g2

 

[Charlie Brown]

All I know is the bayonets the CF were issued are sharp. I have seen someone cut their palm wide open on the parade square...

 

[gewehr76]

Thank you for all the info and confirmations everybody.

 

[lawn gnome]

Is it my imagination or do the US scabbards act as some kind of simple self sharpening device every time you replace the bayonet in it|?

Seems the Canadian Nella scabbards are simple plastic buckets in comparison.

 

[gewehr76]

let me take a look at mine. We are talking about M8A1 scabbard right?

 

[lawn gnome]

I think that is the designation.
I bought a US bayonet new,with a nice phosphate finish on the blade.
As soon as I put it in and out of the US scabbard, the phospate finish starts to get scratched off, but it looks like the scabbard is some kind of self sharpener the way the finish was marred.

 

[gewehr76]

Well I checked the one that I have and the only thing its got is interference lips that hold the blade in the scabbard and prevent the bayo from sliding out. Other than that it has no sharpening device.
Do you have any pics of your bayo lawn gnome?

 

[wbaad]

I think the US had a different approach to the bayonet than the Brits/Commonwealth. Theirs were field knives as well as bayonets.

This,
I have 2 m7 bayos from different places and they are both really sharp. One is an original Colt the other a BOC. Americans used them as field knives and bayos. Why carry both?

 

[Jube]

CAF members are issued a Gerber with a suitable knife blade, but I see a lot of soldiers buying that weirdly angled "engineer" knife with the wooden grip panels and archaic leather sheath. A bayonet doesn't really need to be sharp, just pointy.