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Post by elbrittania39 on Nov 26, 2018 1:45:33 GMT
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 19, 2018 16:44:06 GMT
The katana has to be super close it seems to strike the bayoneteer. Interesting work from both and especially how quickly he moves the rifle simulator up. He got a good thrust in at .55.
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Post by pgandy on Dec 19, 2018 17:42:36 GMT
I have to say that the video is mislabelled. It is more appropriately Katana vs Fixed Bayonet. There is a difference.
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Post by JakeH on Dec 19, 2018 21:51:10 GMT
I have to say that the video is mislabelled. It is more appropriately Katana vs Fixed Bayonet. There is a difference. The difference is indeed there, but arguably in the opposite direction. Consider that in the historical preponderance of phrases such as 'bayonet manual', 'bayonet exercises/drill/training' or 'bayonet fencing' it is understood that that is meant to refer to 'bayonet fixed on a firearm' rather than 'bayonet alone used as an ersatz fighting knife' . The latter is more of a field expedient and secondary application for the bayonet. To say nothing of tertiary uses like artillery measuring devices, wire cutters, box openers, etc. as folk through the ages strove to multi-task what was originally just a way of giving the musketeer a jackass pike. Moreover, many forms of bayonet don't have a handle to speak of and were not intended to be used in hand, but exclusively on the end of a firearm. Even as late as WW2, you saw Enfield bayonets that were knife-like and ones that were a socket with a simple spike. When the needs of production demanded, the focus was on the original intention of the bayonet - to be used on the rifle. Thus, for 'x vs bayonet' it is reasonable entirely to assume that means exactly what we see. That is the default case. An 'Unfixed' bayonet is the exceptional case and should be the one requiring further adjectives. Jake
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