Main Sale - September 2010 : Sale A1045 Lot 334
JOHN BLYDE, SHEFFIELD A RARE WOOD-HANDLED FAIRBAIRN-SYKES COMMANDO KNIFE
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JOHN BLYDE, SHEFFIELD
A RARE WOOD-HANDLED 'FAIRBAIRN-SYKES' COMMANDO KNIFE
circa 1944, with 6 5/8in (slightly shortened and re-profiled) blackened double-edged stiletto blade signed 'JOHN BLYDE, CLINTOCK WORKS, SHEFFIELD' (feint) together with a 'ringed-planet' trademark, wooden hilt, swollen to the center with eight grooves and countersunk nut to pommel (split near cross-guard), TOGETHER WITH its original leather sheath in distressed condition.
Estimate £100-200