Original British WWII 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Later Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Japanese Documents and Books and repeated sharpening has somewhat

and repeated sharpening has somewhat changed the shape of the blade

with only a bit of edge wear

Many of the weapons used by the Viet Cong were supplied from Communist China

as marked on the lower left frame and rear of the cylinder

The original stamps are still partly visible on the bottom of the shell

Original British WWII 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Later Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Japanese Documents and Books and repeated sharpening has somewhatOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a copper plated alloy handle and original scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having copper plated and blacked alloy handles. Unlike many we see, this example is actually maker marked on the underside of the