Daggers and Knives
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**RARE**WW2 British WD Wilkinson 2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes FS Fighting Knife With ‘WD Arrow 56’ Mark & United States Marine’s Privately Commissioned Etched Panel Banner To ‘N.T. Adams USMC’ & Scabbard. Sn 21857 - 21857 2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes 'FS' Fighting Knives were introduced in 1941. Examples with etched blades are illustrated in Chapter 7 of. American & Canadian special forces soldiers & Officers bought FS fighting knives as private purchase weapons and when British WD examples came into their possession would have their names etched onto the blades. Examples of named, etched blades are illustrated on pages 94 - 97 of Flook’s book The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives. This British WD Wilkinson example of the 2nd pattern FS has a knurled 2nd pattern brass hilt and oval cross guard which has a ‘WD Arrow 56’ Mark (see page 95 of Flook’s book where he describes the ‘56’ mark as being a WD mark found on FS knives and states how similarities in ‘56’ marked knives and other knives without Wilkinson logos has led many collectors to conclude that they are in fact a Wilkinson product). The knife has an undamaged 162mm blade with medial ridge. One side of the blade has a crisp etched scrolling banner with name & Regiment ‘N.T. Adams USMC’ no doubt privately commissioned by the American Marine who carried this knife. The blade has no damage and just areas of staining consistent with age. The dagger is complete with original leather scabbard with external brass chape and belt loop. It retains its 4 original sewn on leather tabs and elasticated retaining strap on the belt loop. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact. The price for this rare named FS knife includes UK delivery. Sn 21857 £1,275.00 |
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WW2 U.S. Marine Corps Case Cutlery (New York) V-44 Combat / Survival Bowie Knife & Scabbard. Sn 21631 - 21631 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 ¾” in length and with a black synthetic slab sided handle secured by 3 rivets. It has a brass cross guard with ball ends. It has a 9 ½” long, clean broad steel bowie blade with falchion - style tip and twin narrow fullers. The blade has a crisp 'Casexx' signature. It is accompanied by its 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. Sn 21631 (American Knives Box) £575.00 |
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WW2 British Royal Marines Double Etched 2nd Pattern FS Fighting Knife With Scabbard, Green Beret, William Rodgers Sheffield Utility Knife With Scabbard Many Original WW2 Photos & Ephemera Attributed to L/Cpl Marine Arthur John Kirkby . Sn 19133:4 - 19133:4 This original WW2 collection is attributed to Marine Arthur John Kirkby, who in the post war years served with the Territorial Army. Lance Corporal Arthur John Kirby was born in 1925 and at the early stage of WW2 volunteered as a Messenger Boy with the local Home Guard based in Norwich. After the war he volunteered for Territorial service with the RAMC and Royal Engineers. The collection comprises: His 2nd pattern FS fighting knife with correct brass hilt . Its 157mm blade is clean and is double etched. One side has ‘The FS Fighting Knife’ within panel, the reverse Wilkinson Sword London within panel. Its original scabbard has blackened external chape. As is common its original 4 sewn on tabs and elasticated retaining strap are absent. All leather & stitching are intact. His private purchase combat / utility knife with 8” fullered blade to the fortes details of William Rodgers I cut my way trademark & Made in Sheffield England. The hilt with compressed leather washer grip and complete with brown leather scabbard. His RM green beret. The material of the green beret is clean and has just a few small stable moth holes. It is mounted with its original RM brass cap badge The badge has its original split pin to the rear. The beret has no manufacturer or date marks to the lining. The beret is approx. UK size 6. All are accompanied by a selection of original photographs, paperwork etc, appertaining to Lance Corporal Arthur John Kirby including a letter dated December 1943 from his old Home Guard Commanding Officer congratulating on becoming a Marine. A Christmas menu for HMS Kenya 1945 and the photographs indicate Far East service. The price for this rare to find original WW2 collection of Royal Marines Equipment including a double etched FS fighting knife with original photos to a named Marine which is worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 19133:4 £1,695.00 |
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**RARE**Inter War & WW2 British Chindit Gurkha Kukri With Heavy Stabbing & Chopping Form Blade & 1922 Dated WD Leather Scabbard By ‘Ca’ Cawpore Arsenal. Sn 21788 - 21788 This is an original British Chindit Gurkha Military Kukri, similar form Kukris and scabbards are illustrated on page 196 plate 465 & page 197 plate 467 of Flook’s book British & Commonwealth Military Knives (illustrated in our images). On page 196 of his book he describes these Kukris as being a mystery with regards to the troops / units they were made for but states he has seen them being worn by British troops in India between the wars. He adds that they are unlike other Kukris in that they can be used in a stabbing mode and are accompanied by a sheath of different design to the norm. Our example has a 12 ½” single edged heavy blade curved for chopping and tapering to a sharp stabbing point. The spine of the blade is 5mm thick & it measures 17 ¼” overall. The blackened blade has been sharpened in the field during its life. The blade has no visible markings The wood grip scales are correctly secured by 3 rivets and are undamaged. It comes with its original leather scabbard which is similar to the scabbard illustrated in his book (see images). The open top scabbard has a retaining strap with eyelet that fastens to a brass stud on the scabbard, belt loop and riveted seam. The front of the scabbard is dated 1922 and ‘Ca’ (Indian Cawpore Arsenal) together with ‘C WD arrow 12’. The belt loop is impressed with number ‘5’. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21788 (fighting knives box) £495.00 |
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WW2 British 2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes FS Commando Fighting Knife & Period Improvised Scabbard. Sn 21693 - 21693 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, WW2 2nd pattern FS dagger and scabbard. The hilt is blackened brass with 2nd pattern knurled grip and a blued steel oval cross guard. It has a blackened 176mm long double edged blade with medial ridge. The blade has been sharpened during its life and there is one small nick to one of the cutting edges. Its original period improvised leather scabbard has an external brass chape & belt loop with retaining strap and press stud fastener. The rear of the scabbard has a riveted pressed steel belt hook / bar. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21693 £695.00 |
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**MASSIVE**Victorian Sheffield Cast Steel Railway Commemorative Bowie Knife With Etched Locomotive Pulling A Coal Tender & Passenger Carriages Along Train Track Scene. Sn 21698 - 21698 This is a Massive fully functional English Bowie. This size of Bowie were produced as Commemorative pieces celebrating periods of history. This massive Victorian Bowie was most likely made to commemorate the evolvement of Victorian steam locomotives & the railway system. The 18” long Bowie has undamaged, thick wood scales secured to the full tang by steel pins. It has a heavy cast brass finger guard. The knife’s impressive 11 ¼” long blade is 7mm thick up to the drop point and 3 ½” broad at its widest. The polished steel blade has just small areas of staining consistent with age and storage. There are no damage or nicks to the cutting edge. One side of the blade has an etched scene depicting a Locomotive emitting steam pulling a coal tender & passenger carriages along a railway track. The blade is also etched with 3 Queen’s crowns & ‘Warranted Sheffield Cast Steel’. The Bowie weighs a hefty 1.5 Kg. Although useable as a knife this Bowie was never made to be carried and is correctly without scabbard. The price for this massive Bowie, a great conversation / display piece includes UK delivery. Sn 21698 £475.00 |
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**Large**Gregory Brothers Beehive Works Sheffield Hunting Knife & Scabbard. Sn 21719 - 21719 The Sheffield Cutlers Gregory Brothers first appeared in Sheffield directories in 1907 as a knife, spoon, and fork manufacturer at the Exchange Works, Egerton Street. The senior partner was Samuel Alfred Gregory, who had been born in 1877 and was one of the sons of Samuel Gregory (see William Gregory). By 1916, the company had moved to nearby Bishop Street and was concentrating on the manufacture of knives, especially butchers’, skinning, and sticking knives. In 1962, the firm merged with Joseph Fenton & Sons to form Gregory Fenton Ltd at Beehive Works, Milton Street (the former Sykes Works of Fenton). The owner was Brian Trevor Jay. The firm had a forging-hammer trade mark (like William Gregory & Sons), but had adopted the ‘BEEHIVE’ of Marples & Co. This large Gregory Brothers hunting knife has Rose wood scales. One scale has a scalloped edge for grip. The single edged steel blade is 11" long and has staining consistent with age. The blade is just under 1 ¾” wide at its broadest and 3mm thick. One side of the blade is stamped with the maker’s name and ‘Beehive’ trademark. The knife is 16 ¼” overall length and has a brass finger guard. The knife comes with its brown leather scabbard in which it was found. The open top scabbard has a rear belt loop. All leather and stitching are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21719 £475.00 |
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*Scarce* Spanish M1907 Artillery Bolo Knife and Scabbard by Toledo Arms Factory. ED 2384. - ED 2384 The Bolo knife has long been a tool used for clearing jungle brush and for various agricultural purposes. To this day, bolo knives are forged in villages across the archipelago. It is inspired by the classic falcata sword (not unlike the Greek machaira) used by the ancient Iberians. Sometimes offered as Span-Am weapons, they were manufactured usually after 1916, where stocks of the previous longer, albeit flimsier, pattern 1881 machete were exhausted. They held on in service until the end of the Spanish Civil War. Although designed primarily for artillery troops, it was later extended to engineers and medical services (their primary use was as a tool for opening boxes, making improvised wooden items such as stretchers and so forth).The reverse ricasso shows a five digit serial number ‘36474’. The obverse is marked “Artilleria / Fabrica de Toledo” with the symbol of the Spanish artillery between. This has led to the identification of these knives as artillery weapons, but the artillery of the Spanish Army was the branch in charge of the acquiring, inspecting, and distributing all the army’s weapons, so the mark is not branch specific. Like other military bolo knives of the period it was designed for use as a small machete to hack away underbrush to clear positions, etc, though it could double as a fighting knife if necessary. A very nice Spanish military bolo knife with bright blade. The obverse blade flat is very good with just a couple of minor age related stains. The reverse shows a few more but is very good overall. The light brown checkered wood grip is excellent. The grip is contoured and the pommel is curved bird’s head that would keep it from slipping out of one’s grasp. The crossguard, pommel and retaining spring catch along the backstrap are also good. The black leather scabbard shows some wear but is solid, the stitching and metalwork are all in place. The belt frog stud is solid. The price for this scarce blade and scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 2384. (Hunting Survival) £375.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (31/10) **QUALITY MAKER**Post 1911 George V Or George VI Era Joseph Rodgers & Sons 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife With Stippled Polished Horn Scales & Scabbard. Sn 21626 - 21626 Joseph Rodgers had an unsurpassed reputation for knife making in the 19th & 20th century. The Star and Maltese cross were granted to Rodgers by the Company in 1764 and both he and later his sons continued to produce quality knives throughout the Victorian era and into the 20th Century at various premises in Sheffield including the world famous 6 Norfolk Street. Due to the high quality of their work Rodgers & Sons were awarded Royal Warrants (see pages 522 to 530 of Tweedale’s Directory Of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers 1740-2013 2nd Edition). This is an excellent spear point Bowie made by Rodgers & Sons at their Norfolk Street premises sometime in the reign of either King George V or VI. It has stippled polished horn scales secured by steel pins & oval German silver cross guard. It has a 7” spear point Bowie blade. The blade is clean & crisply marked on one side ‘J. Rodgers & Sons, No.6 Norfolk St Sheffield England’ together with King’s crown and Royal Cypher ‘GR’ (King George Rex). The reverse has their ‘Star and Maltese cross’ trademark. The Bowie is 11 ½” overall. The original brown leather open top scabbard with rivetted belt loop is clean and undamaged. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21626 £0.00 |
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Post 1852 Victorian English Wingfield Rowbotham & Co Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife With Stag Antler Scales & Scabbard. Sn 21625 - 21625 Wade Wingfield & Rowbotham were Victorian cutlers who before 1852 had premises at 82 Tenter Street, Sheffield. In 1852 the company changed name to Wingfield Rowbotham & Co (see pages 674 & 675 of Tweedale’s Directory Of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers 1740-2013 2nd Edition by Tweedale). This is an excellent original Victorian English Spear Point Bowie Knife by Wingfield Rowbotham & Co made sometime after 1852 when the company name changed. It has an 8 ¼” spear point Bowie blade and measures 13” overall. The blade is 4 mm thick. The blade is signed by the manufacturer 'Wingfield Rowbotham & Co, 82 Tenter Street Sheffield' together with 'Harp with Victorian Crown' Trademark. The blade has some light areas of staining and staining consistent with age and use. It has excellent undamaged Stag antler scales secured by brass pins. The Bowie has a flat, recurving steel cross guard with rounded ends. The knife is complete with its original leather open top leather scabbard with single belt loop. All stitching is intact. The leather has some surface wear in the bottom section near to its reinforced leather chape. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21625 £675.00 |
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