Guns International #: 101945761

• One of the rarest most sought after versions of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knives
• B2 stamped pommel (also stamped ENGLAND from when it was imported to the USA in the 1970s, further legitimizing this knife)
• Brass handle
• Blackened 6 5/8" blade
• Until 1942 Wilkinson Sword had been the only company which produced the F-S knives
• M ade according to the drawings of the black hilt 2nd Pattern Wilkinson F-S knife
• The grip was made from solid brass and cut by 16 lines per inch in a diamond pattern
• A very rare knife that would fit into any British WW2 collection
• Condition of the knife is very good, still with sharp edge
• These knives were used by the newly formed Special Operations Executive, (“Cloak and Dagger Brigade”) S.O.E. who were the forerunner to Britain’s post war special forces and intelligence services
• Knife is complete with its original sheath
• The leather sheath is in good condition and retains its trouser tabs and a partial remnant of the elastic retaining band
• This is the knife of a true fighting man; an increasingly scarce World War II, second pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife made by the Wilkinson Sword Co.