Daggers and Knives
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WW2 British WD 3rd Pattern B2 Commando Fairbairn Sykes FS Commando Fighting Knife Number 4 Mould Mark & Scabbard. Sn 22667 - 22667 This is an original WW2 3rd pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife in excellent condition (see Chapter 8 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives By Flook). It has an undamaged ribbed and blackened alloy handle & 170 mm double edged clean blued steel dagger blade with medial ridge and blued steel oval cross guard stamped with WD arrow and B2 designation. The hilt has number 4 mould mark. The dagger is complete with original leather scabbard with external blackened brass chape and belt loop. The scabbard retains its original 4 sewn on leather tabs, & as is common, its original elasticated retaining strap is absent. The price for this nicely marked WW2 FS fighting knife includes UK delivery. Sn 22667 £645.00 |
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**RARE ONE OF 500**Original, Limited Production, De Luxe Special, Wilkinson Sword, Tom Beasley ‘The Famous Sword Smith Of Stalingrad Sword Fame’ 3 panel Banner Fairbairn Sykes FS Fighting Knife With Correct Etched Blued Panels Hand Drawn Blade & Scabbard. - 22690 Tom Beasley was Wilkinson Sword's master Swordsmith. One of his outstanding creations was the blade for the sword which Britain presented to the people of the City of Stalingrad in commemoration of the City's defence against the Nazis. Tom Beasley knives are sought after and early post war 1946-1949 Tom Beasley produced only approximately 500 hand drawn examples of FS knives for Wilkinson Sword who offered them as 'De Luxe Special' items. They are thought to be advertising & private purchase pieces for Wilkinson sword who undertook a sales drive in the early post war years (see pages 96 & 97, plates 477 & 478 of Fighting Knives By Fred Stephens and pages 182 & 183 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives by Flook). 2 panel scrolling banner without reference to Stalingrad and the more sought after 3 panel scrolling banner variants with Stalingrad fame were available. This is an excellent original hand drawn de luxe special Tom Beasley FS Knife With 3 panel scrolling etched & blued banner & correct scabbard. Its 178mm long steel blade with medial ridge is clean and correctly crisply etched & blued on both sides. One side has the correct 3 panel blued and etched scrolling banner ‘Hand Forged by Tom Beasley The Famous Sword Smith Of Stalingrad Sword Fame'. The reverse is etched with decorative panels containing 'Wilkinson Sword, London' name and crossed swords legend together Royal Appointment. Also 'Commando Fighting Knife World War 1939-45'. The orange / brown hue Ivorine handle is undamaged and it has an oval plated steel cross guard. The dagger has its original leather scabbard with brass throat mount and chape in the same excellent condition. The price for this excellent De Luxe Special piece which is one of only approx 500 produced includes UK delivery. Sn 22690 £1,375.00 |
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**RARE**Original WW1 British Robbins Of Dudley Alloy Hilt Trench Fighting Knife Push Dagger With Steel Knuckle Bow & Leather Scabbard. Sn 22691 - 22691 Robbins of Dudley were a metal working Company in Dudley Worcester England who at the outbreak of WW1 began making Trench Fighting weapons. This is an original, rare, Robbins Dudley WW1 trench / fighting knife push dagger with alloy handle, flat steel knuckle shaped bow and steel blade (see page 24 and illustration plates 32-34 of British & Commonwealth Military Knifes by Ron Flook where examples the same as ours are illustrated). The knife has a total length of 6 ¼” and the double edged blade with central blood grooves is 5” length. The blade is clean. The handle is marked ‘Robbins Dudley’. The knife is complete with its original leather scabbard with correct retaining strap and single stud fastener. The rear has a riveted belt loop. The leather and stitching are clean & intact. The price for this rare WW1 trench fighting knife includes UK delivery. Sn 22691 (fs box) £1,200.00 |
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**RARE**MATCHING DATES**WW2 1943 U.S. Army 1st Pattern Camillus USA Blade Marked M3 Trench Fighting Knife & Correct WW2 1943 M6 Leather Scabbard By MILSCO (Milwaukee Saddlery Company). Sn 22674 - 22674 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 Camillus with rare original M6 scabbard (page 96 item No 6 of Cole’s book illustrates a Camillus M3 blade marking with 1943 date the same as our example). It has steel cross guard & pommel. The pommel has the Frankford arsenal ignited grenade stamp. 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 Camillus 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 with brass wire belt bar & retaining strap with press stud fastener. The throat has the correct row of 8 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 and fitted with original coiled leather cord. The front of the scabbard is impressed by the manufacturer MILSCO (Milwaukee Saddlery Company) and 'US M6’ together with 1943 date and Frankford arsenal ignited grenade mark. The price for this rare M3 Trench Knife with M6 scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 22674 (American knives box) £1,100.00 |
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**Original**RARE**WW2 Australian Forces & U.S. Marine Corps Pacific Theatre Of War Mars Machine Tools Brisbane (Australia) V-44 Type Combat / Survival Bowie Knife & Scabbard. Sn 22668 - 21631 An excellent rare, original Australian made WW2 V-44 Type Combat / Survival Bowie Knife & Scabbard. These Australian made knives were made for Australian forces and for U.S. Troops. All of the Australian V-44 type knives examined resemble U.S Case Cutlery (New York) V-44 examples (see page 135 of ‘United States Military Knives Collectors Guide’ by Silvey & Boyd where a Mars Machine Tools Brisbane V-44 type knife is illustrated). Officially a survival knife Australian & U.S. Marine Corps used them as a fighting knife against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre of war. It is a huge knife measuring 14 ¼” in length and with a black synthetic handle secured by 3 brass rivets. It has a brass cross guard with ball ends. It has a 9 ¼” long, broad steel bowie blade with falchion - style tip and twin narrow fullers. The blade has areas of light staining consistent with age and is very sharp. One side of the blade is signed by the maker ‘Mars Machine Tools Brisbane’ (Australia). It is accompanied by its leather open top scabbard with rear brass riveted belt loop. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are intact. There are no manufacturer marks on the scabbard. The price for this rare WW2 era Combat / Survival knife includes UK delivery. Sn 21631 (American Knives Box) £895.00 |
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**RARE**ORIGINAL** WW1 / WW2 Alloy Hilt New Zealand Army Fighting Knife With Original Scabbard. Sn 22673 - 22673 The rare to find WW1 / WW2 era New Zealand made military fighting knives come in a number of forms, but all have the same alloy hilt with moulded chequering. The New Zealand made knives were popular with American Forces (see pages 214 & 216 plate 519 of British & Commonwealth Military Knives By Flook which illustrates an example with a hilt identical to ours). Our example has the correct cast alloy grip with moulded chequering and raised pommel ideal for striking during combat. The knife measures 10 ¾” overall with a clean 6” spear point steel blade. As is usual with these weapons there are no manufacturer, date or military markings on the knife. The knife is complete with its correct original brown leather open top scabbard which has a single belt loop. All leather, stitching and rivets of the scabbard are clean intact. The price for this rare fighting knife & scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 22673 (in FS box) £495.00 |
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**RARE**ORIGINAL**WW1 / WW2 Alloy Hilt New Zealand Army Knuckle Fighting Knife With Original Correct Original Scabbard. Sn 22672 - 22672 The rare to find WW1 / WW2 era New Zealand made military fighting knives come in a number of forms, but all have the same alloy hilt with moulded chequering. The New Zealand made knives were popular with American Forces (see pages 214 216 plate 521of British & Commonwealth Military Knives By Flook which illustrates an example identical to ours). Our example has the correct cast alloy grip with moulded knuckle guard which has cast pyramid type projections and raised pommel ideal for striking during combat. The knife measures 10 ¾” overall with a clean 6 ¼” spear point steel blade. As is usual with these weapons there are no manufacturer, date or military markings on the knife. The knife is complete with its correct original brown leather scabbard which has a single belt loop and retaining strap with eyelet which fastens to a brass stud on the body of the scabbard. There is a small old stable tear to the retaining strap on one side of the eyelet consistent with service use but the retaining strap fastens correctly and retains the knife in the scabbard as it should. All other leather, stitching and rivets of the scabbard are clean intact. The price for this rare fighting knife & scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 22672 (in FS box) £875.00 |
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Early 20th Century English Jonathan Crookes Sheffield Pistol & Heart Trademark Bowie Knife With Stag Antler Scales & Scabbard. Sn 22535 - 22535 Jonathan Crookes together with his pistol & Heart trademark (The heart and pistol legend, was used as early as 1780 by the cutler Jonathan Crookes and became Jonathan Crookes & Son C1827. In 1859 the Sheffield cutlers John Brookes & Thomas Crookes appear in Melville & Co’s Commercial directory of Sheffield as manufacturer’s of knives and dressing case instruments. The Company had a warehouse, workshops, engine house & grinding wheel behind a house on St Philip’s Road on the outskirts of the cutlery making district of Sheffield. The workshop / factory was named the Atlantic works and was previously the address of knife maker Thomas Wigfall. The Company took advantage of the booming American market making Bowies for the British & American export. The trademark was later bought and used by other Sheffield knife makers, see pages 161-163 of The Sheffield Knife Book by Tweedale). This is a large original early 20th century Bowie Knife by Jonathan Crookes. It measures 14 ½” overall with a clean 9 ½” clean steel Bowie blade. The blade is just under 1 ½” broad at its widest and the spine is 6mm thick. The ricasso is stamped by the maker ‘Jonathan Crookes’ together with his pistol & heart trademark. The hilt’s Stag antler scales secured by pins are undamaged. The cross guard is brass. The Bowie is complete with its brown leather open top scabbard with small stitched belt loop to the rear. The front of the scabbard has tooled foliate decoration on the edges. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22535 £495.00 |
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**EARLY PRODUCTION**RARE MAKER**RARITY VALUE 8 (10 BEING THE RAREST)** Nazi German P.D Luneschloss Solingen 1933 Pattern SA (Sturmabteilung / Stormtroopers) Dagger With Motto Etched Blade & ‘No’ (Nordsee Group) Marked Cross Guard & Scabbard. Sn 22675 - 22675 This is an original early production Nazi 1933 pattern SA dagger with scabbard by a rare maker in very good condition. The blade is crisply stamped with the manufacturers name ‘P.D Luneschloss Solingen’. Luneschloss made only approximately 1,000 of these daggers and are rated as rarity value 8 (10 being highest rarity value) in the book ‘The Service Daggers Of The SA & The NSKK’ by Siegert. Early production Nazi SA daggers such as ours had only the maker’s name without later RZM marks. The brown wooden grip is all original and undamaged. The original Nazi German National Emblem and 'SA' roundel are perfectly fitted. It has a Nickel plated cross guard. The cross guard is marked ‘No’ to the SA Stormtroopers Nordsee Group (located in Lower Saxony, North West Germany). Its blade has the correct "Alles Fur Deutschland" (Everything For Germany) motto inscription. The cutting edges of the blade have no nibbles and has just light areas of rubbing consistent with scabbard carry. The dagger is complete with its original brown anodised metal scabbard with nickel plated chape & throat mount. The throat mount has a single hanging ring. The body of the scabbard has an old shallow crease on one side above the undamaged nickel plated chape consistent with belt carry (visible in the images). The price for this early SA dagger by a rare maker includes UK delivery. Sn 22675 £975.00 |
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**RAREST MAKER**WW2 U.S. Army 1st Pattern H. Boker & Co USA Blade Marked M3 Trench Fighting Knife & Correct WW2 1943 M6 Leather Scabbard By SBL Co (Service Boot & Leggings Company). ED 3001 - ED 3001 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. The rarest manufacturer of M3 Trench Knives was Boker & Co who made just 31,300 of this model of fighting knife, other manufacturers such as Utica Cutlery Co, Camillus Cutlery & Case Cutlery made this model of knife in hundreds of thousands (Utica 655,230, Camillus 404,109, Case 300,465). In 1943, rare to find M6 Leather scabbards were produced for the M3 fighting knife. This is an original, American M3 Fighting knife by the rarest maker Boker & Co with rare original M6 scabbard. It has steel cross guard & pommel. The handle with correct compressed leather washers is undamaged and has light service wear. Its 6 ¾” parkerised blade is undamaged. The blade has the rare to find marking 'US M3 H. Boker & Co USA’. 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 with brass wire belt bar & retaining strap with press stud fastener. The throat has the correct row of 8 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 and fitted with coiled leather cord. The front of the scabbard is impressed by the manufacturer 'SBL Co’ (Service Boot & Leggings) and 'US M6’ together with 1943 date. The price for this rare M3 Trench Knife with M6 scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 3001 (American knives box) £1,250.00 |
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