Saxony bayonet knot (troddle)

[ccj]

Can someone show an example of how the bayonet know attaches? I have a Saxon knot to add to a bayonet for my Saxon display/

[Herbert]

This may be of help - trodel on a sabre rather than a bayonet, but could be mounted in the same way.

Herbert

[Herbert]

Whoops - here is the attachment!

[Chip]

Charles,

Normally, they are attached to the bayonet frog, not the bayonet. Depending on the length of the strap (many wartime manufactured straps were shorter), the strap was wound around the frog with the "head" of the knot being passed through the loop at the end of the strap. The longer straps could be wound around the frog more than once before passing through the loop, thus keeping the knot from hanging down too low.

Chip