Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Japanese Holsters where the engine compartment was

where the engine compartment was located and armor was generally thinner

The scabbard has seen use

which matches the number on the end of the nose cap

This causes the plug to pop out of the hole with some velocity

During the period from 1866 to 1869

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Japanese Holsters where the engine compartment wasOriginal 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 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 measures