Odd Dimensioned Brit Dawes Bayonet ID

adrian · 7th December 2025, 09:21 PM

It is a socket bayonet for a carbine, definitely not for the Short Land Pattern Musket - the socket bayonet for that has a 4" socket of larger diameter and a 17" blade. There are a number of carbines that this might be for, and the Elliot is one of those; most Carbine bayonets remained largely unidentified as to exactly which arm they were for. I inspected quite a number of almost identical socket bayonets at the Royal Armouries earlier this year, all were unidentified. The D 9 is indeed D Company or Troop, carbine number 9 within that Company or Troop.

murph21 · 8th December 2025, 04:24 AM

Thank you all for the replies and info. I have ordered the Goldstein book and will look into the Skennerton book as well. Appreciate the insight as to it being a probable carbine bayonet versus the SLP musket. Gracias!

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7th December 2025, 09:21 PM	#1
adrian Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 136	It is a socket bayonet for a carbine, definitely not for the Short Land Pattern Musket - the socket bayonet for that has a 4" socket of larger diameter and a 17" blade. There are a number of carbines that this might be for, and the Elliot is one of those; most Carbine bayonets remained largely unidentified as to exactly which arm they were for. I inspected quite a number of almost identical socket bayonets at the Royal Armouries earlier this year, all were unidentified. The D 9 is indeed D Company or Troop, carbine number 9 within that Company or Troop.

8th December 2025, 04:24 AM	#2
murph21 Member Join Date: Nov 2025 Posts: 7	Thank you all for the replies and info. I have ordered the Goldstein book and will look into the Skennerton book as well. Appreciate the insight as to it being a probable carbine bayonet versus the SLP musket. Gracias!