Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment The design was quickly replicated

The design was quickly replicated in 1917 by the German army with the Rifle grenade M1917 ('Karabingranate 1917')

un-cleaned other than to read the maker's name this retains all the dirt

all of which still work and "click"

- Perfect for lubricating and protecting firearms and just about anything else

especially the Pathfinder sleeve insignia

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment The design was quickly replicatedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and original scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having blacked alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example