RAF Commando Fighting Knife value? (cool story with it)

[Lunarphase]

Does anyone know what the fair market value of this knife would be?
I still have not been able to contact or get a return answer from the many email addresses or phone messages that I have tried for the family members.
Thanks in advance,
Stewart

[Dabac]

Here is some information I found
and
one sold at auction about 2 years ago.

[Vosper]

These are very rare WW2 knives.
There were probably less than 3000 Servicing Commandos.

The author Ron Flook says in his book ‘The F/S Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives’ that RAF SCU Officers & NCO’s were issued a regular F/S knife, but other ranks received one of these.
And; “The contract records from the MoS would appear to indicate that some 2125 RAF Servicing Commando knives were purchased.” That is not many!

I believe Wade and Butcher also produced this knife commercially but such private purchase knives will not have the government issue broad arrow and are not attributable to the RAF SCU.

I think current values for a good RAF SCU knife are in the £600 area.

A good book on the RAF SCU is ‘Spectacles, Testicles, Fags and Matches’: The Untold Story of RAF Servicing Commandos in World War Two. Paperback. 2004 by Tom Atkinson.

Vosper

[Lunarphase]

Dabac, thank you for your post. Great info.
I had almost forgotten about the knife. I should probably put it in the safe.

Have a great holiday season
Stewart

[Lunarphase]

Vosper, thank you for the info.!
The more I learn about it the more I'm impressed. It sure was a lucky find!
It's been sitting on my loading bench collecting dust for years. I had a few scammers after it, gave me the run-around, so I gave up trying to sell it. I should look into a legit auction site for it.

I do enjoy it's history,

Thanks,
Stewart