Daggers and Knives
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**EARLY PRODUCTION**ORIGINAL**Nazi German 1933 Pattern SA Dagger By Carl Wusthof (Gladiatorwerk) Solingen (Rarity Value 6) To The ‘Nm’ SA Nordmark Group (Hamburg) With Scabbard. Sn 23210 - 23210 This is an original 1933 pattern Nazi SA dagger and scabbard in excellent condition. The blade is crisply stamped with the manufacturer’s trademark. Carl Wusthof (Gladiatorwerk) Solingen. Wusthof made approx 13,000 of these daggers and are rated as rarity value 6 in the book ‘The Service Daggers Of The SA & The NSKK' by Siegert (value 10 being the rarest). The lack of RZM marks indicates that this is an early production SA dagger. The wooden grips are in good undamaged condition. The German National Emblem and 'SA' roundel are perfectly fitted. It has a Nickel plated cross guard stamped 'Nm' to the SA Nordmark Group (Hamburg) & pommel. Its blade has the correct, crisp "Alles Fur Deutschland" inscription. The dagger is complete with its original brown anodised metal scabbard with nickel plated chape, locket and hanging ring. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23210 £845.00 |
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Victorian Era ‘KS’ Sheffield Marked Bowie Knife With Polished Bone Scales & Scabbard. Sn 23256 - 23256 This is a Victorian era Bowie Knife. It measures 12 ¼” overall with a 7 ¾” spear point bowie blade which is sharp. The blade has areas of staining consistent with age and has a decorative scalloped section spine. The ricasso is stamped on one side ‘K.S’ above ‘Sheffield England’ (unknown, maker or retailer worthy of further research). The clean undamaged polished bone scales are secured by German Silver rivets. One scale has an inlaid void brass escutcheon. The tang has tooled decoration. The Bowie has a brass finger guard with scalloped edge decoration. The dagger is complete with original leather open top scabbard with belt loop stitched to the rear. The belt loop is embossed with two standing human figures either side of a heraldic style crest, possibly a maker’s trademark (illustrated). All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23256 (Bowies box) £395.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (20/02) Original British WW2 Era Field Armourer / Blacksmith Hand Forged Iron Train Rail Road Spike Improvised Fighting Knife & Sheffield Made Leather Scabbard. Sn 23174:48 - 23174:48 During WW2 Military Units on both sides improvised their own edged weapons which they saw as being of more use than rifles & other weapons when fighting hand to hand. This is an original, WW2 era British fighting knife, most likely made in the field by an armourer or blacksmith. The knife is made from an iron track rail spike. To make the knife the armourer or Blacksmith subjected the spike to high heat & twisted the spike with tongs to create an excellent grip and hammered the lower section into a 5” drop point blade. The blade is sharp and has just staining to be expected with age and use. The spike retains its ‘Rail spike’ head which serves as a cudgel pommel for the knife which could be used to strike an enemy in combat. The knife measures just under 9” overall length. There are no visible maker or date marks on the knife. The knife comes with its period leather scabbard which fits the improvised knife perfectly indicating that this fighting knife was made to replace a lost knife that was previously carried in the scabbard. The open top scabbard has a belt loop and retaining strap with press stud fastener. The belt loop is impressed ‘Made In Sheffield Eng’. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price for this hard to find reminder of the brutal nature of trench warfare includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:48 (FS box) £0.00 |
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**RARE, ORIGINAL, STERILE** WW2 British Commando/ SOE / Special Forces Smatchet & Scabbard. Sn 23250 - 23250 In many respects the WW2 British Special Forces Smatchet is one of the most mysterious British issue knives of the period. Its development appears to have been around the same time as the F-S Commando dagger i.e. 1940-41. The Smatchet is listed as equipment issued to Commandos for D-day and are attributed as being used by the Special Operation Executive (SOE). While some examples bear War Dept Broad arrows no examples have been found bearing manufacturer's names (see pages 234 to 237 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives By Flook). Illustrated in image 1 is a copy of a period photograph of members of SOE Force 136 with Smatchet (see page 235 plate 14.14 of Flook’s book). This rare, original example of the Smatchet is clean and undamaged. It has the correct large, heavy, leaf shaped blued steel blade 10 ½” in length and is sharp with no damage to the cutting edge. The blade is just under 2 ¾” broad at its widest and the spine is 3mm thick. The hilt has undamaged wood scales secured by large rivets, oval blued steel cross guard and correct alloy pommel holed for wrist cord. The pommel is fitted with leather lace wrist cord. As is common with special forces weapons this smatchet is sterile having no manufacturer or WD marks. Its original open top scabbard is leather over wood former. The leather and stitching are clean and intact. The throat is fitted with a leather retaining strap with press stud fastener and the rear has a riveted belt loop. The price for this rare piece of WW2 Special Forces Equipment includes UK delivery. Sn 23250 (FS box) £1,200.00 |
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WW1 1917 British WD Military Gurkha’s Kukri With Indian Cossipore WD Arsenal Marks & Scabbard With Frog. Sn 23174:47 - 23174:47 This is an original WW1 British Military Kukri as issued to Gurkhas. The sturdy military grade weapon is 19 ½” overall. The wood handle has brass mounts including pommel cap. The wood has just light knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with service use and age. The curved 13 ½” blade has the distinctive Kukri ‘notch’. The blade has staining consistent with age. The blade is dated 1917 and has faint, what looks like Cossipore Arsenal ‘Co’ mark together with ‘I Broad Arrow G above ‘II’ inspection Indian arsenal marks and weapon number ‘37’. The leather covered wood scabbard is clean and undamaged and has a pointed brass chape. There are no visible maker or date marks on the scabbard. The scabbard is fitted with leather frog with 2 belt loops. All leather and stitching are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:47 £575.00 |
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**MASSIVE**2 FEET 2 ¾”**THE EXECUTIONER**Victorian Era Native Indian / Burmese Gurkha Kukri With Etched Blade, 2 Karda (Small Skinners), Scabbard Decorated With Brass Skulls, Lion’s Head & Religious Iconography. Sn 23174:46 - 23174:46 The Executioner Kukri refers to larger, often ceremonial or powerful versions of the traditional Nepalese knife, famed for its distinctive forward-curved blade and associated with Gurkha soldiers, used as both a formidable weapon and versatile tool for chopping, building, and survival. Gurkha Executioner Kukris are large, sometimes decorated for ceremonial purposes. This massive Executioner kukri is 2 Feet 2 ¾” overall length. Its wood handle has iron bands and iron pommel cap. The wood is inlaid with diamond shape polished bone inserts. The typical curved kukri blade is sharp and has naïve hand tooled Native decoration. It also has the distinctive Kukri ‘notch’. The blade is 20 ½” length and has just light staining consistent with age. The kukri comes with its 2 Karda (small skinners). Both are fitted with wood handles and have steel single edged blades which have staining consistent with age. The scabbard made of wood is has hand tooled decoration & is mounted with Brass Skulls, Brass Lion’s Head & Other Brass Religious Iconography. It has a pointed iron chape and 2 small pockets for the skinners at the throat. The scabbard is bound with sections of leather lacing. The price for this impressive Executioner Kukri includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:46 (Ethnic shelf store room) £675.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (17/02) **MINT**Cased Wilkinson Sword Commemorative Fairbairn Sykes 1st Pattern, 1st Type, FS Commando Dagger With Correct 1st Type 3" Cross Guard & Double Etched Panels Blade. Sn 23224 - 23224 WW2 1st pattern FS Commando fighting knives were initially produced in 1940 with large 3" cross guards but the cross guard size on 1st pattern's was soon reduced to 2" due the larger cross guards snagging on clothing. Many collectors doubted the existence of these 1st type 1st pattern knives as examples were rarely if ever seen, however, Ron Flook in his book The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives describes and illustrates correspondence produced by Wilkinson Sword dated 1941 which contains a request from the War Office to produce knives with 2" cross guards rather than 3" (see page 68 of Flook's book plate 5.8.). This superb 1st pattern FS Commando dagger with 1st type 3" cross guard was made by Wilkinson Sword in the 1990’s to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the FS Fighting Knife. The knife is in mint condition. The ricasso is etched on one side with blued panel ‘Wilkinson Sword London’ together with crossed swords legend. The reverse has ‘The F-S Fighting Knife’ at the ricasso in blued panel. The 1st Pattern nickel plated handle and cross guard retain their original finish. The dagger is contained in its original wooden box with hinged lid covered in green leatherette material. The case has clasp fasteners. The inside of the case is lined in green felt & white silk & is contoured to snugly fit the dagger. The silk is emblazoned with the Wilkinson Sword name & Crossed Swords legend together with Queen Elizabeth II Royal Appointments all in Gold. The price for this excellent commemorative FS piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23224 £0.00 |
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**RARE**WW1 1917 U.S. Army L.F. & C (Landers Frary & Clark), Henry Diston & Sons Design, Trench / Fighting Knuckle Knife & Jewell 1918 Scabbard. Sn 23225 - 23225 In 1917 several designs were submitted to the U.S. Ordnance Department for a new fighting knife. The design by Henry Diston & Sons, Philadelphia was chosen over others (see pages 22 – 23 of Cole’s book U.S. Military Knives).This is an excellent original example of the Diston design Model 1917 Trench / Fighting Knife. The blade is a simple but effective blackened 9” blackened triangular spike (14 ¼” overall) secured to a contoured walnut grip with finger grooves. The steel knuckle bow bears a row of pressed pyramid shaped steel knuckles. The guard of the bow is crisply stamped 'US (Army) L.F&C (Landers Frary & Clark) 1917". The original green leather scabbard has blackened fittings including an integral brass Wire belt hanger all in great condition. The throat mount is stamped with ‘M.S’, inspector’s mark. The leather of the scabbard is impressed by the maker ‘Jewell’ and dated ‘1918’. The price for this rare piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23225 (FS Box) £1,275.00 |
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**MINT**WW2 British WD B2 2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes FS Commando Fighting Knife & Scabbard. Sn 23174:45 - 23174:45 2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes 'FS' Fighting Knives were introduced in 1941 (see page 89-93 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives By Flook). This is an original, near mint condition, WW2 2nd pattern, WD B2 marked, FS dagger and scabbard (see page 152 of the author’s book). The hilt is blackened brass with 2nd pattern knurled grip and blackened oval steel cross guard. The top of one side of the cross guard is stamped with B2 mark a known WW2 WD 2nd pattern designation. It has an excellent, clean, blued 174 mm long double edged blade with medial ridge. Its original leather scabbard has an external blackened brass chape. The scabbard retains its original 4 sewn on leather tabs & elasticated retaining strap. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:45 £895.00 |
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**SOLD*10/2**VERY RARE**NEAR MINT**WW2 British 1st Pattern Wilkinson FS Commando Fighting Knife With Double Etched Panels & 1st Pattern Scabbard With Correct Newey Stud Fastener. ED 3035 - ED 3035 The 1st Pattern FS fighting knife was introduced in 1940 and produced by Wilkinson Sword (see page 63 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives By Flook). This is an increasingly rare to find, original, near mint condition WW2 1st pattern, FS dagger with original 1st pattern scabbard. The hilt retains its original nickel finish and knurled grip. The ricasso is marked with correct blued etched panels, 'Wilkinson Sword London' together with crossed swords legend & the reverse 'The FS Fighting Knife'. Its double edged dagger blade with medial ridge measures 169mm in length (blade lengths of these FS knives vary as they were hand ground). The undamaged blade is clean. It is complete with original 1st Pattern leather scabbard with nickel plated brass chape & integral belt loop with retaining strap which has the correct ‘Newey’ press stud fastener. All leather & stitching are clean & intact. The price for this very rare 1st Pattern FS fighting knife & scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 3035 £0.00 |
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