Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked ENGLAND U.S. Documents & Books we jokingly called it "The

we jokingly called it "The Twin-breasted Cub" and when empty would sometimes spin it on the way back from China

This indicates that this weapon was a Battlefield pick-up which had laid open to the elements until discovery some 15 years after the action which took place on MARCH 29th 1879 during the famous ZULU WAR

serial number 165158A indicates that it was originally manufactured in 1884

bayonet made with a 12" unfullered blade rather than a 17" fullered one

Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked ENGLAND U.S. Documents & Books we jokingly called it "TheOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures 11 5 8",