Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment - Perfect for lubricating and

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

The brass mounted and riveted substantial

given its frequent importance as a survival item

though we do not know if they are original

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

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment - Perfect for lubricating andOriginal 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