History Knife & Tool Commando Dagger 02hy002

History Kife & Tool Commando Dagger is the realization of the famous Fairbairn-Sykes combat knife, which is quite rightly referred to as the mother of all modern combat knives in professional literature. The F-S Fighting Knife was designed by two close combat legends, Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn and Major Eric Anthony Sykes, during their service with the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP). The first series of 50 pieces was produced by Wilkinson Sword Ltd. in Sheffield in 1941 after Fairbairn and Sykes presented their ideas for the optimal combat knife there. The knife was first used by allied commandos such as the SOE, SAS, and OSS. During World War II, it was increasingly supplied to regular units and subsequently adopted by special forces of various nations. Today, it is a symbolic part of the insignia of numerous airborne and special forces units. The F-S knives were manufactured worldwide by various producers without a uniform and binding pattern for the F-S. The current version corresponds to Pattern 3, which was produced from 1943 and for which a uniform specification was established only in 1949 with the UK government specification E/1323E. NATO lists F-S knives according to this specification under no. 1095 99 963 2037.

This model follows this 3rd version, which is classic in every respect. The specification includes the following features: Narrow double-edged blade with a tip in the center axis of the knife and a length of 18 cm, oval but straight guard, characteristic grooves on the aluminum handle in the shape of a spindle with a passing tang, and complete blackening of all parts of the knife. The dark brown leather sheath has a belt loop fastened with two rivets and a simple but effective 20 mm wide rubber strap for securing the handle, as well as two leather straps for optional sewing or stitching into the uniform. A hard stainless steel 420 was chosen for the blade.