SKS and Bayonet, anyone with history

[agite12]

Just got an SKS and this might be a weird question, but the bayonet is blunt (as in not sharpen) is it like that for storage in the stockpile and they would sharpen it if they were to issue it to a soldier, did the soldier himself had to sharpen it or is it just the way bayonet were?

 

[sarge]

Never sharpen a bayonet!!

 

[Ebola]

All sks bayonets are dull. I use mine to butter my toast and to open cases of 7.62x39 ammo.

 

[del3840]

They were left dull so when in use they didn't cut into and stick on a rib, made pulling out faster, so i was told...

 

[agite12]

Never sharpen a bayonet!!

I did not intent to sharpen it, I was just wondering what were the implication in terms of military history

 

[RMXC51]

A sharp bayo is very tough to pull out. Even dull, they are more than pointy enough to plunge into someone.

 

[irkedtadpole]

And really, the bayonet is an implement that even by the time that the sks was new issue that is virtually all about the morale factor of lunging at someone with a sharp pointy object. Sharpened or not, its still nasty and pointy and nothing anyone wants stuck in their ribs.

 

[ciphery]

Aren't SKS bayonets cruciform like the Mosin Nagant M 44?

 

[murat]

They were left dull on purpose to protect stock of the rifle and hand of the shooter. Russian blade bayonets are sharp, svt 40 or ak bayonet. Dull bayonets were common in the west. Most Slavic or eastern countries issued sharp ones only exeption was Czechoslovakia

 

[mg4201]

I am pretty sure it is a legal issue

My impression is that sharp bayonets are prohibited by the Hauge convention or maybe the rules of land warfare. I don't think that I spelled Hauge correctly though.

 

[Woodbeef]

A dull blade makes more damage than a sharp one when it penetrates. Plus harder to get stuck. Most AK bayonets are multipurpose knives more than a dedicated bayonet.