Original British 1970s NATO Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Military Art 238-ton tanker Koei Maru

238-ton tanker Koei Maru

We can only imagine that it is a later version made due to complaints regarding hands freezing to the helmet

Joseph Sylvestere

showing the stiffener

with just a bit of dirt and staining

Original British 1970s NATO Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Military Art 238-ton tanker Koei MaruOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a 1970s NATO British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked alloy 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 copper plated and blacked alloy handles. Unlike many we see, this example is actually maker marked on the underside of the cross guard, though