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WW2 British Soldier’s Private Purchase Taylor Eye Witness Sheffield Fairbairn Sykes FS Style Fighting Knife With Double Edged Dagger Blade & Scabbard. Sn 22629 - 22629
A WW2 private purchase F.S. style fighting knife / dagger by Taylor Eye Witness of Sheffield (this business began in 1828 when John Taylor (c.1792-1854) opened a small workshop in St Philip’s Road, Brookhill. He specialised in pen, pocket, and sportsman’s knives and was granted the striking ‘Eye Witness’ trade mark in 1838. The company name and trademark was later owned by NEEDHAM, VEALL & TYZACK LTD). These knives were private purchase weapons during WW2 (see page 179 item 12.1 in 'The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife and Other Commando Knives' book by Ron Flook). The pommel and cross guard are brass. It has its original compressed leather ring grip which has just light service wear. The cross guard is brass. The sturdy FS style double edged dagger blade with medial ridge measures 171mm (288mm overall). The dagger blade has areas of staining and light pitting but there is no damage to the cutting edges. The blade is crisply signed on one side "Taylor Witness Sheffield England" together with ‘all seeing eye’ trademark The original scabbard is brown leather. It has stitched and riveted edges & has an integral belt loop with retaining strap that has a press stud fastener (the retaining strap has shrunk a little with age and does not fully wrap around the hilt of the knife for fastening). The belt loop is impressed ‘Made in England.’ All leather and stitching are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22629 (FS box)
£295.00

**VERY RARE**Victorian C1890 English Smith & Son Westborough Scarbro (Scarborough) Spear Point Bowie Knife With Open Top Leather Scabbard. Sn 22895 - 22895
Online research : GENUKI: Scarborough Parish, Directory of Trades and Professions for 1890, Yorkshire (North Riding) identifies Smith & Son as cutlers, opticians, and makers of surgical bandages at 6 and 7 Westborough Street Scarborough in 1890. This is a nice Victorian era spear Point Bowie knife by Smith & Son Scarborough made at their Westborough address. It has chequered horn scales secured by German Silver pins & oval German silver cross guard. It has an 6 ¼” single edged, spear point steel blade with medial ridge (10 ½” overall). The ricasso of one side of the blade is signed by the makers ‘Smith & Son Westborough Scarbro (Scarborough)’. The spine of the blade is 4mm thick and the blade is 1” wide at its broadest. The blade has just small areas of staining consistent with age and no damage to the cutting edge. The excellent, original open top leather scabbard has a rear belt loop, German Silver throat mount and chape with ball tip. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price for this Bowie by a seldom seen provincial cutler includes UK delivery. Sn 22895 (In Bowies Box Storeroom)
£795.00

SOLD SOLD (14/09) **MATCHING DATES**WW2 1943 U.S. Army 1st Pattern PAL Blade & Tool Company Plattsburg New York USA Blade Marked M3 Trench Fighting Knife & Correct WW2 1943 M6 Leather Scabbard By MOOSE Co (Moose River Shoe Company). ED 3009 - ED 3009
The M3 Trench Fighting Knife was introduced in 1943. Early production knives were produced with model, manufacturer marked blades (see pages 95 to 97 of US Military Knives By Cole). Knives with blades marked in that manner were only produced for 2 months before manufacture changed to marking the cross guards rather than the blade to prevent causing weakness to the blades. M3 knives were produced by a number of American Manufacturers. In 1943, rare to find M6 Leather scabbards were produced for the M3 fighting knife. This is an original, American M3 Fighting knife by PAL (Blade & Tool Company Plattsburg New York) with rare original M6 scabbard (page 97 item No 20 of Cole’s book illustrates a PAL M3 blade marking with 1943 date the same as our example). It has steel cross guard & pommel. The rim of the pommel has a small Frankford arsenal ignited grenade mark. The handle with correct compressed leather washers is undamaged and has light service wear. Its 6 ¾” blade is undamaged. The blade has the rare to find early marking 'US M3 PAL 1943’. The knife is complete with its original rare brown leather M6 Scabbard. The scabbard is undamaged and all of its rivets & stitching are intact. It has a single belt loop & retaining strap with press stud fastener. The throat has the correct row of reinforcing steel ‘laces’. The lower section of the scabbard has the correct riveted steel plates to the front and back. The bottom of the sheath is holed for thigh cord with reinforcing ring. The front of the scabbard is impressed by the manufacturer MOOSE Co (Moose River Shoe Company USA) and 'US M6’ designation together with matching 1943 date. The price for this rare M3 Trench Knife with M6 scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 3009 (American knives box)
£0.00

**QUALITY**ELEGANT**C1850 Victorian English George Woodhead Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife With Graduating Blued Circles Design Blade, Polished Bone Hilt With German Silver Mounts & Original Leather Scabbard With German Silver Mounts. Sn 22315 - 22315
The English cutler George Woodhead is recorded at 7 Lambert Street, Sheffield in 1841 and 36 Howard Street, Sheffield in 1849 (see page 682 of Tweedale’s Directory Of Sheffield Manufacturers 1740-2013 Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition). This is a Victorian Bowie knife made by Woodhead at his Howard Street address. It has a clean 6” long, slim ( ¾” wide at its broadest) spear point blade (11” overall length). The square shank of the blade is signed by the maker ‘Woodhead Howard St Sheffield’ and has original leather hilt washer. Both sides of the blade have original elegant blued decoration in the form of graduating blued Circles. The blue circles have some light scabbard rubbing. The Bowie has a ribbed German silver ferrule and oval cross guard with ball finials & Crown form pommel cap. The slim polished bone hilt is clean and undamaged. It is complete with its excellent original open top brown leather scabbard with German silver mounts. The long chape has a ball finial and the throat mount has a frog stud. One side of the scabbard has tooled decoration. All leather & stitching are clean and intact. The price for this quality Victorian piece includes UK delivery. Sn 22315 (in Bowies box storeroom)
£495.00

SOLD SOLD (16/09) **RARE**ORIGINAL**1st Pattern WW2 Era Nazi German Luftwaffe Officer's Dagger By WKC Solingen (Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie) With Nickel Plated & Gilt Fittings & Scabbard With Hanging Chains & Clip By OLC (Overhoff & Cie). Sn 22816 - 22816
The Luftwaffe came into existence in 1935. Luftwaffe Officers were authorised to wear the 1934 Pattern 'Fliegerdolch' flier's dagger (see page 124 of Daggers Swords & bayonets Of The Third Reich By Stephens). This is an excellent original 1st pattern Luftwaffe Officers dagger with scabbard and chains in excellent condition. The dagger has leather bound grooved wood grip. The leather has scuffs and service wear. It has the correct gilt Swastikas pommel and stylised winged cross guard also with stylised gilt Swastikas. It has a clean 12" dagger blade with leather hilt washer. One side of the blade has crisp WKC with helm maker detail. Its original steel scabbard’s Luftwaffe blue finish is excellent with no dents. It has the correct nickel plated alloy chape and ring mounts fitted with original plated alloy hanging rings and sprung clip which has the maker’s ‘OLC’ within diamond cartouche of Overhoff & Cie. The clip is also marked ‘Ges Gesch’ (quality assurance / copyright mark). AS with all of our stock this item is guaranteed 100% original. The price for this rare Luftwaffe piece includes UK delivery. Sn 22816
£0.00

WW2 U.S.M.C. Case Cutlery (New York) V-44 Combat / Survival Bowie Knife & Scabbard. ED 3008 - ED 3008
An excellent original WW2 United States V-44 Combat and Survival Bowie knife by the New York Company Case Cutlery (see page 130 of ‘United States Military Knives Collectors Guide’ by Silvey & Boyd). Officially a survival knife the U.S. Marine Corps used them as a fighting knife against the Japanese. It is a huge knife measuring 14 ¼” in length and with a black polished horn handle secured by 3 rivets. It has a brass cross guard with ball ends. It has a 9 ¼” long, clean steel bowie blade with falchion - style tip and twin narrow fullers. The blade is 2” broad at its widest and the spine is 4mm thick. One side of the blade is crisply marked with 'Casexx' signature. It is accompanied by its brown leather scabbard with rear riveted belt loop. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are intact. There are no manufacturer marks on the scabbard. The price for this WW2 era Combat / Survival knife includes UK delivery. ED 3008 (American Knives Box)
£575.00

SOLD SOLD (11/09) WW2 Era German Army Officer's 1935 Pattern Orange / Brown Hue Handled Dagger By Rich Abr Herder Solingen & Scabbard. Sn 22783 - 22783
An excellent, original, 1935 pattern Nazi German Army Officer's Dagger and Scabbard. It has a clean blade stamped with the makers trademark ‘Rich Abr Herder Solingen’. It has the distinctive 'Eagle with Swastika' design cross guard and correct deep orange / brown hue 'phenol resin' grip with ornate oak leaf decorated pommel (see Pages 96-98 of Daggers, Swords & Bayonets Of The Third Reich By Stephens). It is complete with original scabbard which is decorated with a 'hammered' design and 2 hanging ring mounts with matching oak leaves decoration. The mounts are fitted with original hanging rings. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22783
£0.00

*Quality* Inter War German Factory Nickel Plated Multi Tool With Leather Pocket Pouch. ED 3007 - ED 3007
An original German quality made multi toolwith 3 fold out blades incorporating 5 functions and integral pliers. The blades consist of a folding 2 ½” blade which has a screwdriver tip, bottle opener and file, a 1 ¾” long spike and a 2 ½” single edged blade, this blade has very small lettering ‘Germany’ below other indistinct markings which are unreadable even under strong magnification (illustrated). The grip of the sprung pliers is held securely in the frame of the tool when not in use by a small catch on one side of the frame. The multi tool has all of its original factory nickel plate finish which has just light areas of tarnish consistent with age and handling. When closed the tool is 5” overall length. The tool comes with its original period leather pocket pouch which has a full flap cover and press stud fastener. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3007 (drawers office)
£175.00

WW2 Early 1943 Blade Marked US Army M3 Fighting Knife By Utica & M8A1 Scabbard With Integral Frog By VP Co (Victory Plastics Company). ED 207 - ED 207
The M3 fighting knife was made for U.S. forces during 1943 and 1944. Early versions made in 1943 had their blades stamped with model designation, maker’s name and sometimes date. Later in 1944 to prevent weakening of blades the stampings were made on the knives’ guards (see M.H.Cole, ‘U.S Military Knives Bayonets and Machetes Book III’ page 95 and page 97 No 12). This is an excellent original WW2 early variant US M3 Fighting Knife with maker stamped blade & M8A1 Scabbard With Integral Frog (the M8A1 plastic scabbard evolved from the M8 scabbard which did not have the metal belt hook, see page 104 of Cole’s book). It has a clean 6 ½” parkerised steel blade with medial ridge. The blade is stamped by the manufacturer 'US M3 Utica' (Utica Cutlery USA). The correct compressed leather ringed handle is tight and undamaged. The knife is complete with its original M8A1 scabbard with integral green webbing frog which has the correct steel belt hook, single retaining strap and press stud fastener. The upper mount of the scabbard is stamped 'US M8A1' & by the manufacturer 'VP Co' (Victory Plastics Company). The green plastic body of the scabbard has cast ‘VP’ mark (Victory Plastics). The tip of the scabbard is holed for thigh cord. The price includes UK delivery. ED 207 (American knives & knife bayonets box)
£595.00

**SCARCE**WW2 Early 1943 U.S. Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife By Camillus With Original Matching 1943 Dated Leather Scabbard By MILSCO. Sn 20162 - 20162
This is an excellent original 1943 dated U.S Army M3 fighting knife with its original M6 scabbard. This M3 fighting knife was made by Camillus and is dated 1943 which is marked on the clean 6 ¾” blade. These blade marked knives were only made for approximately 6 months before the markings were moved to the cross guard as the stamped markings on the blade were thought to weaken the blades in service (see M.H.Cole, U.S Military Knives). The pommel is stamped with the Frankford Arsenal flaming grenade stamp. The undamaged grip is the correct compressed leather washers. The M3 knife is contained in its original M6 leather scabbard manufacturer marked MILSCO and matching date 1943. The scabbard throat has the correct line of 8 steel laces, riveted steel plates in the lower section of the scabbard and belt loop with retaining strap and press stud fastener. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20162 (American Knives box)L
£895.00
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