I agree with comments Ade and John have made.
Post-war 3rd pattern dagger.
Did it come with a sheath ?
I agree with comments Ade and John have made.
Post-war 3rd pattern dagger.
Did it come with a sheath ?
Regards,
Steve.
thats what I was talking about, mine has the I I mark with an arrow -sorta, but it only has England on the handgauard, but it doesn't have that line down the sides of the handle, I said it looked close to my type 2, just wish I could put pic's up.
Hi Marty, an "England" only stamp will indicate it was imported into the USA after the war as surplus. These had to be stamped like that to show the country of origin.
Cheers, Ade.
thanks Ade, yeah I knew that , because I have an old sheath also, with the rivet at the bottom, it is also stamped England, but they messed up & stamped it once right on the stitching, so they had to re- stamp it, the elastic at top is so old there is only maybe 1/2 inch left on it, plus the tip has been damaged & resharpened a long time ago. but you know I trust your word all the way, thanks again.
regards Marty
Yup, it's a new one but it's the proper military issue one - the stores label is still on the box - and Eggingtons (it's their makers label on the box) reckon that it most likely disappeared out of the back door of some MOD stores at some point.
Eggingtons said they make two versions of the current FS knife - one for the military and one in a slightly different specification that are sold commercially.
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