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Military fighting knives
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:48 pm
by snIPer
lots and lots of pics.
All you knife lovers out there.
This link you gotta see.
http://www.militaryfightingknives.com/collection.html
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:14 pm
by SRI 420
Hi snIPer,
Oh WOW!!!! Thanks for the link. what a collection Oh My God!!!
Nice avatar too!! Your new Avatar is COOL.
Srinivas.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:15 pm
by TenX
Nice link.. and deadly knives.. thanks
Re: Military fighting knives
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:31 pm
by Yaj
Thanks for the link! That collection of Randalls alone is to die for !
Regards,
Yaj.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:10 am
by snIPer
SRI 420";p="58069 wrote:Your new Avatar is COOL.
Srinivas.
Thank you
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:55 am
by Olly
Great find, Sniper.... and thanks for sharing....
My mouth is watery !!
Gives me an idea to start documenting all my stuff too... !!
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:27 am
by OverUnderPump
Awesome find Sniperi Shambhu
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regards
OUP
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:45 pm
by snIPer
Mack The Knife,Olly and Katthi (apologies if I am missing out other collectors) should do something similar.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:56 pm
by Olly
I am on the job.... but dunno how to make thumbnails and then make them click-able to view a bigger size image...
The database in Excel should work out... later exported to PDF format....
Advise ??
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:27 pm
by snIPer
That is not too difficult at all. Whoever is working on your web page should be able to do this.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:37 pm
by TenX
Olly.. Let me know if I can help
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:51 pm
by Mack The Knife
I like knives but I don't consider myself to be a collector. Most of the knives I have / had are already posted here.
Re: Military fighting knives
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:03 pm
by msandhu
Thats a great collection of military knives. Thanks for sharing this link
Cheers
Mandeep
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:38 pm
by marksman
Need help Guys,
I have an original Fairbank-Sykes Commando knife in my possession that has "England" written on one side and an inverted "V' with "21" on the other side of the hand guard facing the grip. It has a leather sheath with leather Tabs and a Protective tip made of anodized metal. My knowledge on fighting knives is not elaborate but think it's a collectible. The site mentioned by Sniper does have one of them with the number "21" but no mention of the word "England". Does any one have info on this particular one?
Thanks
Marksman
Re: Military fighting knives
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:21 am
by lazybones
Hi Marksman;
The inverted V you refer to is known as the Broad Arrow mark. It's an acceptance mark of the British MOD during WW2. The number following it (21 in your case) is the number of the person (inspector) who inspected it.
The word "England" was stamped on those knives (patterns 2&3) that were sold to the US as surplus after WW 2.
It's an interesting aside that the letter "I", on FS knives, denotes the India Stores Department. Also, some FS knives were made at at the Ichapore Armory).
I have no idea of values, but it is a historical artifact and a damned fine knife to boot.
Ashok