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Such discussion is outside the scope of this article, I'm more interested in the form these early weapons took.
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Yeaton and Luther Samuel Moore are claimed to have had some input in the design, but how much it seems to be disputed by some knife historians. Nicholas Solntseff, was head of SMP Police Armoury and seems to have been responsible for the actual manufacture of most of the weapons. The name suggests it was a collaboration between Fairbairn and the hunter Eric Anthony Sykes, who was a police reservist heading the sniper unit. The story of the F-S knife began with some knives made for William Ewart Fairbairn when he was serving with the Shanghai police during the 1930s. Yet the F-S, a dedicated weapon, continues to be issued and carried. The modern trend is often for multipurpose equipment that is often a poor compromise and a “jack of all trades, master of none”. Few can match the F-S in its scale of issue or longevity. There are many knives marketed that claim to be fighting knives. Here we look at the Fairbairn-Sykes Commando knife. I've already covered designs such as the Kukri, Jambiya, Pesh Kabz, Barong and Kerambit. Readers of the Scrapboard will know that it is something of an understatement to say that I'm interested in knives. Fairbairn-Sykes Commando knife, Gerber Mk II, Shanghai and M3