I have been very blessed over the past two years by people donating knives to our collection and for the website on Fairbairn Sykes knives. The most recent one was a wood handled X-dagger from a friend in S. Calif. Then another one came from a good friend in Oregon. The two knives are totally different but both are very valuable and rare.

The first one is from WW-II era and made from a 1903 bayonet. It was donated by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. It is typical of what I refer to as an X-Dagger. We will eventually release a paper explaining where they were made and by whom. It is an intriguing story. This dagger was influential in our discovery of the true story.

The second one is called the Khanjar Killing Knife. My friend is a H2H instructor, and a retired Special Forces member) had it patterned after an original Kurdish knife that was hand-forged in Afghanistan. This knife is the prototype and it was followed by two more further improved versions. Mick Strider of Strider Knives fame made it. It is double edged and very sharp. I cannot put into words what such gifts as these mean to me. There is a bond between men (and women) who have this love of steel that few people can understand. With friends like this who could want for more?