Been a Good Year

It’s been one hell of a year. On the national political front it has been all downhill and You all know where I stand on that. If my blog goes black you’ll know I got droned for expressing my utter contempt for the President/Dictator, his corrupt administration, the ineffective Congress, and the Supremely Socialist Supreme Court. On the home front it has been a pretty good year! We have enjoyed good health and are still employed. You have probably been able to judge by my blog postings that our knife collecting has been “over the top.” Thanks to my website, http://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/ we have made connections with several top collector’s, dealers, and authorities on the Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife. Many of these people have shared information and photos that have added to the breadth of our website. Some of them have provided us the opportunity to add extremely rare knives to our collection. While this has strained our pocketbook at times, most of those people have worked with us to make it possible to purchase items over time. I quickly learned that the smaller a WW-II fighting knife is the more expensive it is, often paying more for the thumb daggers than the much larger X-daggers. One collector and authority provided us with 20 years worth of correspondence, photos, sketches, and notes giving us a volume of sorely needed information and adding immeasurably to our knowledge. Some of this treasure trove has already been posted on the website and more will be as we sift through the hundreds of documents. He also provided us with several rare and truly exciting knives. We have gained quite a few new e-friends (and one gadfly) through the website from all around the world. In the meantime I have been working on photographing our collection and writing chapters for a book on Fairbairn Sykes knives. If any of you have connections with a publisher give us a holler. I want the book to be conversational and well-illustrated, with large color photos. I have dozens of miscellaneous fighting knives to sell and I need to get to work on that. If you’re looking for something special contact me. We have over 400 fighting knives (of all types) in our collection and no museum to house them. Between knives and research books on knives and commandos our house is being over-run. 2013 has been an exciting year and next year looks to be the same, with five knives already on hold waiting for money. Sure you don’t want to buy a nice fighting knife for Christmas? Email me. ghdave2@hotmail.com