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C012160 BRITISH FAIRBAIRN/SYKES FAT WOOD GRIPPED 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. The fat wood gripped knife was popular among Canadian troops.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A wood gripped fighting knife with a 6 5/8" stiletto style, machine ground blade with high central spine. The 2 1/4" wide cross-guard is made from a light non metallic alloy. The wood handle has seven concentric rings and is held on by a recessed blackened brass locking disk. Other than some light surface pitting to the blade, some dents to the edge of the cross-guard and a small crack to the base of the wood grip the knife is in good condition. A very nice example of a rather rare fat style wood gripped fighting knife.
GRADE ***3/4 PRICE $655.00
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