F-S Knife with Wooden Hilt - Any ideas?

**malvernGCS** · 10-08-2016, 10:28 AM

Can anyone shed some light on this?

The guard is marked with a broad arrow and '42'

Overall the knife measures 11-1/2" and the blade measures 6-7/8"

The "Square" section of hilt measures 7/8"

There is some light corrosion on the blade and the guard as can be seen in the photos.

**Chopperman** · 10-08-2016, 12:36 PM

The /l\ 42 is a known mark found on war time FS knives. However the wood handle
is most likely done by the vet who carried it or done post war for whatever reason.

I tend to think it was done by the vet who carried it. It's a unique variation that would
fit with most FS collections.

**rbminis** · 10-08-2016, 02:28 PM

I agree with Greg.
Nice piece!

Ralph.

**malvernGCS** · 10-08-2016, 07:53 PM

Thanks for the comments guys, I forgot to say that the knife will be for sale, so any idea of its value would also be helpful, as I have been unable to find anything similar that has been sold in the past.

Many thanks.

**rbminis** · 10-08-2016, 10:29 PM

by malvernGCS

Thanks for the comments guys, I forgot to say that the knife will be for sale, so any idea of its value would also be helpful, as I have been unable to find anything similar that has been sold in the past.

Many thanks.

Sorry, we are not a free evaluation service.
This knife has no maker's mark, no sheath, not the original handle, corrosion to the blade and guard as stated by you. That being said, I would be surprised if you could get $200.
Ralph.

**Wagriff** · 10-08-2016, 10:36 PM

It could even be a second market knife assembled from left over parts with a home made grip made for it. A shame we will likely never know for sure. I do like it,though but wish that it still had it's sheath-if it ever had one,that is.

**malvernGCS** · 10-09-2016, 10:35 AM

Photos of the sheath:

**malvernGCS** · 10-09-2016, 06:07 PM

Found this on the following site:

British Commando Knife

Sorry for the duplicate photo - I can't seem to get rid of the second one!

**Wagriff** · 10-09-2016, 10:37 PM

Interesting. Apparently, even the website people have no solid idea as to what to make of these knives.

**kradman** · 10-10-2016, 08:37 AM

As the second one is shown on a Dutch site ,could it be a knife the Dutch used post war made from wartime parts , its just odd to me that two knifes that look the same pattern turn up