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Supplier Changes
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We have updated our Equipment
Suppliers page on the Website
with new links for two
suppliers,
Bokkenshop.Com (for jukens) and
Chiba Budogu Ltd. (for Bogu).
Both have made changes in where
jukendo equipment is listed on their
site.
Purpleheart Armory at one point did
offer longer bayonet training rifles
than the M-16 model used by the
United States military.
However, these are gone from their
site, but the 46 inch training rifle
is still listed in both their
western and eastern lists of
equipment.
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New Sources
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Three new books have recently passed
across our desk that may be of use
to bayonet practitioners:
Paul Kiesling's Bayonets
of the World: The
Comprehensive Edition
has been published in a
revised edition by SI
Publicaties BV of the
Netherlands, available from
Amazon. With 670 pages and
1000 plus illustrations,
this is catalog of 1071
bayonets. From the
standpoint of the student of
bayonet fencing, the
detailed information on
length of each model
included is important to the
construction of adequate
simulators for training.
And, if you like bayonets,
it is just a great browsing
book.
Robert W. Shuey's Socket
Bayonets of the Great
Powers: A Collectors Guide
- a thorough pictorial
guide to socket bayonets
from the United States,
Austria, Belgium, Great
Britain, Denmark, France,
Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Russia, Spain,
Sweden, and Switzerland. The
book is limited,
unfortunately, by the lack
of one key bit of
information important to
understanding the combat
employment (and simulation)
of these weapons - there is
no data on the length of the
bayonets pictured.
Lieutenant Colonel
(Provisional Army of
Virginia) R. Milton Cary's
Skirmishers' Drill and
Bayonet Exercise of
1861, published as a
facsimile edition. This is a
translation of the French
Army bayonet technique,
originally intended for
light infantry
(chasseurs-a-pied as opposed
to line regiments or
grenadiers). It was
published for the use of the
volunteer and elite militia
units of the Southern states
at the start of the war of
1861-1865.
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Bayonet Fencing Rules
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We have been working on rules for
bayonet fencing as a competitive
activity. Bayonet fencing
procedures were included in bayonet
manuals by the 1860s and detailed
rules evolved and were used in
competitions from the early 1900s
through the 1950s. Our effort
is a revision of these to include
modern concerns about safety and
to include currently available
equipment.
Members will receive a draft copy in
the next week - please review them
for clarity and to ensure they
provide for a competition that is in
keeping with the spirit of the
bayonet.
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