carcano 1938 bayonet

**michal19** · 10-21-2018, 06:37 PM

hello
i just wanted to share with You my first itallian hit-m1938 bayonet.i have also one question.the folding function of this bayonet is just the comfort of carrying?of this it the tranform to a fighting knife?
best regards

**MAP** · 10-21-2018, 06:55 PM

Wow...nice.

We don't see these often, and now 2 in two days (one from another member).

A nice looking piece.

I have read that they developed this folding bayonet so that it could remain fixed to the rifle at all times but it did not prove to be practical so they then developed the scabbard.

**BrodieBartfast** · 10-21-2018, 06:59 PM

I believe the intention of the folding function was that the bayonet could be left affixed to the rifle and folded when not in use. There was a cutout in the underside of the stock into which the blade would fit.

Regards, B.B.

**michal19** · 10-22-2018, 07:17 AM

thank You for the answers its good to know
so this is the second one in a few deays?maybe the ''law of series'' or maybe ome opened magazine?
regards

**BrodieBartfast** · 10-22-2018, 12:00 PM

by michal19

thank You for the answers its good to know
so this is the second one in a few deays?maybe the ''law of series'' or maybe ome opened magazine?
regards

A lot of them have recently appeared on the market. Evidently, someone has discovered a cache of them somewhere.

B.B.

**Rescue190** · 10-22-2018, 12:15 PM

Nice folding bayonet. Brodie is spot on with the described use. The soldiers did not like the system so there were many folding bayonets that were welded into the fixed position and then subsequently produced in a fixed model.
John