The crossbar on the spontoon is functional, it is a bayonet diverter. If when facing men with bayonets coming at you, you can catch the crook of a socket bayonet and push it away. I'm a re enactor, I carry a spontoon and I have tested the technique against a sparring partner with a bayoneted Brown Bess .
Excellent video! Very informative.
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The crossbar on the spontoon is functional, it is a bayonet diverter. If when facing men with bayonets coming at you, you can catch the crook of a socket bayonet and push it away. I'm a re enactor, I carry a spontoon and I have tested the technique against a sparring partner with a bayoneted Brown Bess .