Just sometimes... valuers have their own agenda. I have occasionally took items to be valued - and cracked on that I knew nothing about militaria. What you get told can be an eye-opener at times.
Just sometimes... valuers have their own agenda. I have occasionally took items to be valued - and cracked on that I knew nothing about militaria. What you get told can be an eye-opener at times.
I have an update concerning the the knife that started this thread.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have an exact twin to this knife
except for mine has the "England" stamp. I have aways felt that mine was
a wartime knife and never thought twice about it until the pgreg79's knife was
questioned.
I took it upon myself to try and get some more information. In Ron Flook's book
"The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife and other Commando Knives" He shows the same
knife on page 124. In an email from Mr. Flook, he feels certain that this are indeed
wartime examples and he was not at all concerned that it did not have a broadarrow /i\
inspection mark. I also contacted Roy Shadbolt who owns and operates the "Wilkinson
F-S Collection" website. Roy assured me that these are wartime knives and posted a link to
his research on late war 3rd pattern daggers.
Third Pattern - Variations Of The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
I consider these two gentlemen to be the leading authorities on FS daggers and when they both tell me that
these knives are wartime produced knives, I have no reason to doubt them.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
I'm glad to see that the original poster is so appreciative of the extra
effort involved with researching this knife.
A thank you goes a long way in insuring the forums help in the future.
Last edited by Chopperman; 12-09-2017 at 07:20 PM.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
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