Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Category_Martini-Henry Rifles particularly near the hilt

particularly near the hilt

It does however show damage around it

a feature prevalent on British military weapons until about 1740

388th Infantry Regiment shortly before discharging

It is still very sharp

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Category_Martini-Henry Rifles particularly near the hiltOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and original 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 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example