Original British WWII “Non Import Marked” 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard German Flare Guns 119745 overall good metal finish

119745 overall good metal finish with barrel proofs still present

"Sweet Patootie"

so we do not believe it was immersed in water

were established in February 1942

even if it is just a prop

Original British WWII “Non Import Marked” 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard German Flare Guns 119745 overall good metal finishOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with an alloy handle and original post war 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 1944 early 1945. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example