Featured Bayonet #5

Swedish m/1867 bayonet with modifications and 'relatives'

m/1867, m/1867-94-14, Norwegian M1860, M1862-55, M1905
m/1867, m/1867-14, m/1903, Norwegian M1860, M1852-66 and M1905


Version Tl mm Bl mm Md mm Factory Quantity
Swedish m/1867 635 500 19 Eskilstuna Jernmanufactur AB
Svalling&Co, Mölntorp		 4200
Swedish m/1867 for carbine m/94 635 500 15,5 Eskilstuna Jernmanufactur AB 400
Swedish m/1903 635 500 19 Eskilstuna Jernmanufactur AB Few
Norwegian m/1859 705 565 23 Kongsberg factory Unknown
Norwegian m/1860 710 570 19 Eskilstuna Jernmanufactur AB circa 3000 in the years 1870 - 1871 
Norwegian m/1860 710 570 19 Kongsberg factory Unknown
Norwegian m/1862-66 698 570 19 Kongsberg factory Unknown
Norwegian m/1876 710 570 19 Kongsberg factory 975
Norwegian sappers saw m/1905 572 440 19 Kongsberg factory 
Eskilstuna Jernmanufactur AB		 few

Swedish m/1867 with modifications

The reason to have this fairly common bayonet as a feature is only because I think it is a very 'beautiful' bayonet !

m/1867

m/1867
Sabre bayonet for m/1867 remington rifle

This sabre bayoney was the first (and only) approved sabre bayonet with yataghan blade in Sweden. The bayonet was only submitted to the navy. 
It was approved 8/5 1867 but not manufactured until 1870..
 


 

m/1867 for carbine m/1894

m/1867-14
Sabre bayonet for carbine m/1894


A few m/1867 bayonets was modified for the m/1894 carbine. 
The brass crossguard was replaced with a steel guard. The bayonet was intended to be mounted beside the pipe, and the carbine was modified with a new mounting.  
400 bayonets were modified. 
m/1867-14
m/94-14, top view Top and side view of the bayonet mounting of carbine m/1894 to cary the sword bayonet
m/94-14, side view m/94-14, closeup of sight guard
Closeup of sight guard

m/1903

m/1903 Cutlass for coast artillery 

Few m/1867 bayonet swas modified and used as a cutlass by the coast artillery and the navy. It was mainly used for guard duty. 
The slot was fille with a brass section, and the press stud was ground off.  

It was carried in the original scabbard, but wih a new  brown frog.

This was actually the last Swedish cutlass and was used into the 1950s ! 
I don't know the number of bayonets modified. 


Norwegian m/1860 with modifications

The Norwegians chose the sabre bayonet as the main bayonet type from late 1860's. It was even replacing the sabre as side arm in some cases.
In Sweden it was only submitted to the navy.
The reason for having these models here is the close relationship with Swedish m/1867. The m/1867 and the m/1860 may be mistaken for eachother, though they differ in the major dimensions.

m/1859

Sword bayonet for `18-lödig' chamber loader m/1859, `15-lödig' musket.

This is the first bayonet in this series. The first sword bayonet mounted below the barrel.
There is a smaller version for War Academy `Krigsskolen'.

m/1860

Sabre bayonet for chamber loader m/1860, Remington rifle m/1867
 
This is the common model, produced in a large number.
The serial number is stamped on the ricasso.
It differs from the m/1859 only in the smaller muzzle ring diameter.

The picture shows m/1860 to the left and m/1859 to the right.

m/1862-66

Sabre bayonet for chamber loader carbine m/1862-66

This differs from the m/1860 in two ways, the grip is shorter and it has a steel scabbard.

m/1876

Sabre bayonet for Krag Jorgensen magasine rifle m/1876

The main difference is that this bayonet has the serial number stamped on the crossguard. Some m/1860 bayonets was modified, and had the serial number on the ricasson ground off.
It is said that the slot shall be longer and wider.

m/1905 Sappers saw/Pioneer tool

m/1905
This modification is not intended as a bayonet, but as a tool for pioneers/Sappers. 
It has a hole for a portopee in the pommel and the press stud was normally ground off. 
The scabbard is a shortened m/1860 scabbard. 
In 1912 it was used by the sanity and medical personal. It was called 'knivsåg m/1912'. 

Last updated 2012-03-03
 © Per Holmbäck