UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons The BCN Bayonet Forum Use of the quillon

I may be wrong but I think the purpose of the hook or quillon was to catch and break your opponent's bayonet blade.

Doh !!!

Apologies for this disjointed contribution. It was intended for a thread in the Great War Forum - I was attempting to multi-task.

Richie

It had that blade breaker function on rapiers and swords. I guess it would do the job as well on long narrow bladed bayonets, such as the French M1886 Lebel, but I am not sure that this was it�s original purpose on bayonets. Dutch M1895 bayonets originally also had a hooked quillon, which was later dropped. If translated into English, the name of that hook was "stacking hook". It was used to place the rifles with bayonets on it in nice stacks. The name stacking hook is seen more often in connection with hooked quillon bayonets. I guess that was the original purpose of the hook on bayonets.

I agree with Killin. This beaker funktion was the reason of introduction.

but it not realy works in real fight.