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C011560 BRITISH FAIRBAIRN/SYKES THIN WOOD HANDLE FIGHTING KNIFE.
BACKGROUND:
The Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife came about through the need for a good fighting knife for the newly formed commando units. W. E. Fairbairn, E. A. Sykes and Robert Wilkinson Latham of the Wilkinson Sword Company, had a meeting in November of 1940 at which W. E. Fairbairn and E. A. Sykes described the knife they wanted and preliminary sketches were drawn up and the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife was created. There were three major patterns of the knife produced. Wood handle knives are believed to have been produced for tropical climates where the hands could become slippery and were also used by aircraft crews as survival knives.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A third pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife with a 6 3/4" stiletto style, machine ground blade with high central spine. The blade in good condition with light surface spotting and staining. The blackened wood handle, with seventeen concentric rings, is held on by a rounded brass tang nut. The knife has a straight 2" wide cross-guard. The knife is in good condition with a rough unsharpened edge and retains about 50% of its original blackening while the cross-guard retains most of its blackening with some surface pitting to its edge. The handle has usage wear and marks and retains about 60% of its blackening with most of the wear to the high ridges of the rings. There are no markings on the knife. A very nice example of wood handle fighting knife.
GRADE *** PRICE $520.00
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