FAIRBAIRN SYKES STILETTO 1ST SPECIAL FORCES PRESENTATION F/S COMMANDO KNIFE

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F/S STILETTO 1ST SPECIAL FORCES VIETNAM PRESENTATION STILETTO
SPECIAL FORCES FAIRBAIRN SYKES COMMANDO KNIFE
SPECIAL FORCES CREST EMBLEM IS AFFIXED TO THE CHROMED GRIP...SEE PICS.
FEWER THAN 1000 PIECES WERE MADE FOR PRESENTATION, IN OKINAWA, BY JAPAN SWORD.
**THE THREE DISTINCTIVE BANDS OF COURSE KNURLING ON THE GRIP IDENTIFIES THIS KNIFE...SEE PICS.
6 5/8" DOUBLE-EDGE STILETTO BLADE
10 3/4" OVERALL LENGTH
THESE KNIVES WERE PRESENTED TO SPECIAL FORCES MEMBERS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE DISTINCTIVE KNURLED GRIP IDENTIFIES THIS KNIFE AMONG COLLECTORS.
GRIP, CROSS GUARD AND BLADE ARE ALL CHROME-PLATED, AND
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!
...SEE PICS.
NOTE:  THE GRIP AND CROSS GUARD REMAIN 99% PERFECT!...SEE PICS.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE CHROME PLATING IS FLAKING FROM THE BLADE (WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THIS PRESENTATION KNIFE)...SEE PICS.
ORIGINAL BLADE EDGES REMAIN VERY SHARP!
"FEWER THAN 1000 OF THESE 1ST SPECIAL FORCES PRESENTATION F/S KNIVES WERE MADE BY JAPAN SWORD, IN OKINAWA DURING THE VIETNAM WAR."
"MOST OF THESE KNIVES WERE MADE TO BE MOUNTED ON A WOODEN COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE...AND AS SUCH, THESE KNIVES WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITH A SHEATH."
***THIS IDENTICAL KNIFE IS PICTURED ON PAGE 28 IN THE EXCELLENT BOOK, "
KNIVES OF THE U.S. SPECIAL FORCES
", BY MY LATE FRIEND, TOM CLINTON.
***THIS KNIFE IS ALSO PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN LEROY THOMPSON'S BOOK, "
COMMANDO DAGGER
" ON PAGES 140-141.
***ALSO SEE HOMER BRETT'S EXCELLENT BOOK "
THE MILITARY KNIFE & BAYONET
", PAGE 317, FOR THIS EXACT DAGGER.
Shipped to lower 48.
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