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Not sure where this belongs but here it is. This knife was brought home from France by my Dad in 1958, he carried it in his toolbox for 15yrs. One day at Pax River a Sgt. saw him scraping parts with it, " Boy if you knew what that knife was you wouldn't be treating it like that". After that it stayed wrapped in a cloth in a drawer until he gave it to me two years ago, just before he passed away. I've done a little research on it but there seems to be limited information on the history of these. My question, I want to find a period correct sheath for it and I see a few different styles available. What style is correct for this particular knife? I want a decent vintage sheath, not a cheap repo. And no neither of these are for sale, Joe Biden couldn't print enough money to buy either of them.
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Tidbit said:
this particular knife?
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Tidbit said:
Yeah I read the wikipedia article two years ago when I first started researching this, doesn't answer my question though.
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Have you actually discovered for sure , exactly what your knife really is ? Or are you just after a sheath that will go along with it ?

I can't help you with either , but probably someone here could . :)

There were lots of these type knives made . Many types of copies also .
 
Yours is a type 3 knife, by then there wasn't much change in scabbards. You want one like this -

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or

similar to this -

https://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/uploads/9/7/7/8/9778260/4658725_orig.jpg .

https://www.greatscottantiques.com/...andled-fs-fighting-knife_10241_main_size2.jpg .

The flat plain versions were usually dyed black to match the knife. Civilian and private purchased knives used these if a person didn't want the first type.

Those are with stag knives, but the look is the same more or less.
 
tltt said:
Yours is a type 3 knife, by then there wasn't much change in scabbards. You want one like this -

SH71500_sheath.jpg
.

or

similar to this -

https://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/uploads/9/7/7/8/9778260/4658725_orig.jpg .

https://www.greatscottantiques.com/...andled-fs-fighting-knife_10241_main_size2.jpg .

The flat plain versions were usually dyed black to match the knife. Civilian and private purchased knives used these if a person didn't want the first type.

Those are with stag knives, but the look is the same more or less.
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DocJD said:
Have you actually discovered for sure , exactly what your knife really is ? Or are you just after a sheath that will go along with it ?

I can't help you with either , but probably someone here could . :)

There were lots of these type knives made . Many types of copies also .
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My dad always called it a Darby's Rangers knife, That's where he was told it came from when it was originally given to him when he was in the Army in 1958. And from what I can gather they were the same as was issued to British Commandos in WWII. Which would be a type 3 FS British fighting knife as tltt said. Whether they used the same sheath as the Brits I don't know.
 
Tidbit said:
My dad always called it a Darby's Rangers knife, That's where he was told it came from when it was originally given to him when he was in the Army in 1958. And from what I can gather they were the same as was issued to British Commandos in WWII. Which would be a type 3 FS British fighting knife as tltt said. Whether they used the same sheath as the Brits I don't know.
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It's great to have such a knife , of both historic and personal value .
 
It's just a hunch but I think this is one of the French Paratrooper variants. That rear pommel doesn't look like a 3rd Pattern FS.
 
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