They're Here!

The two newest WW-II daggers for our collection arrived yesterday. I have attached a quick photo of one of them next to the modern Rodgers Third Pattern (top) from England that I just reviewed These knives are referred to as X-daggers, proto-types, Metford-Fairbairns, Camp-X knives, etc.

When you see the two knives side by side you see why I am prejudiced toward early Fairbairn-Sykes knives. The blade of the WW-II knife is made from an 1888 Lee-Metford bayonet. A controversy surrounds these knives and some question their legitimacy. That's okay everyone is entitled to their opinion. I find them the most elegant of all of the F~S genre of fighting knives. I will be posting more photos and information about the two new Metfords on our website later this week. http://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/index.html