Mosin bayonet as a cutting tool?

[Sr. Morajsakom]

I could punch a hole with it, definitely. Better as a needle maybe?

Also cutting rags with a DIY sword gives you more rag strips than doing so with a scout or a scalpel. Tho same amount as with the scissors.

[Liquid_Caffeine]

I have a Mosin Nagant 91/30 right by my desk in my safe... 1943 stamps and Russian made; I say this because it came with a bayonet - and even trying to sharpen the thing is like having a hardly-sharp railroad spike stuck on the end of your weapon.

I don't think it has (or ever will) have any cutting power. Puncturing isn't much better; honestly, it would be like trying to stab someone with an oversized flat-head screwdriver.

I agree that we need a rework on rag strips with various melee weapons... But the Mosin bayonet definitely should not be considered a cutting tool, lol!

[Bunny]

Originally posted by Liquid_Caffeine:

I have a Mosin Nagant 91/30 right by my desk in my safe... 1943 stamps and Russian made; I say this because it came with a bayonet - and even trying to sharpen the thing is like having a hardly-sharp railroad spike stuck on the end of your weapon.

I don't think it has (or ever will) have any cutting power. Puncturing isn't much better; honestly, it would be like trying to stab someone with an oversized flat-head screwdriver.

I agree that we need a rework on rag strips with various melee weapons... But the Mosin bayonet definitely should not be considered a cutting tool, lol!

This is nice info and I guess it answers the OP's question. Thanks for sharing this with us :)

[smokey57]

Yeah. The whole point (heh) wasn't to poke a neat little needle-tipped hole in someone. It was to make them feel like they'd just had a dull, foot-long railroad spike jammed through their gizzard. I imagine it accomplished that pretty successfully.