Dean Castle Arms and Armour
Daggers
Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife
- Description:
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The Fairbairn-Sykes knife - otherwise known as a Commando knife - are a double-edged fighting knife first produced in 1941. Although the emphasis on hand-to-hand combat waned after WWI with focus moved to mechanised systems, the knife still fulfilled task-specific objectives after these methods of warfare failed.
- Source:
- Dean Castle
- Digital Number:
- RI_DC_0000025
- Copyright:
- East Ayrshire Council
