Custom Fairbairn Sykes

[RL]

Hello All,

I'm trying to compile a list of makers who are currently making a custom version of the F-S...so far my list consists of 1 person, Rob Brown...who else is making these??

RL

 

[dogman]

I had one from Fred Carter. It was awesome, but you definitely can't get one from him anymore.

I plan on making a carved Damascus version sometime in the next decade Actually, I already have the blade heat treated and all the materials, but not the time.

 

[RL]

Originally posted by dogman
I had one from Fred Carter. It was awesome, but you definitely can't get one from him anymore.

You wouldn't happen to have a pic, would you??

RL

 

[Mike Hull]

http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/peterp/nzknives/

 

[Greg Covington]

I dont have pics but both John Salley and Billy Mace Imel did FS type daggers.

 

[Peter P]

H there

I am doing Pattern 2 knives eithe nickel finish or blackened handles. Also can offer all black version which has blued finish blades. New project underway which is a limited edition of numbered P1 knives with S guard and tapered flat ricasso and P1 syle sheath with snap buckle. Available soon will be lined Mahogony presentaion cases with laser engraving on the inside for the above P1. Keep an eye on my web site
www.nzknives.co.nz

Peter G

 

[savantuk]

Hello,

They cost a lot less than these copies, and are still handmade in England, By Wilkinson Sword, the Royal cutler, who were the original suppliers to both the British and US special forces during WW2.

http://www.bkcg.co.uk/products/manu/wilkinson/fs_topimage.JPG

 

[RL]

Thanks everyone...I'll check these out!

RL

 

[Peter P]

While I agree with you that Wilks are the oiginal manufacturer of these knives, they are cetainly not cheaper. Many of my customers have repros from Wilks and rate them no more than expensive letter openers especially the P1 compared to mine. Each one is hand made. They are quoting in pounds sterling where as I am in Kiwi dollars - a big difference.
regards

Peter P

 

[wlf]

Been a while since I posted here, but thought I'd throw in my 2 cents on this subject. I have five or six war time production F-S, also two of the current Wilkenson repro's. I also have two of Peter Parkinson's repro's. Peter's knives are the best of the lot. The workmanship is faultless, and his knives are completely functional, not simply decorators like the Wilkenson repro's. He made me a first pattern version with a matt, silver chrome handle, and polished blade. The F-S logo is etched on one side and my name and family crest is on the other. Peter's prices are really a bargin. Check him out if you haven't already.--Leigh

 

[HiltonP]

Fred Burger is another SA knifemaker who has made a number of FS daggers since the late 1980's. I'm not sure if he still does, but you can contact him at . . .

Email Address : sordcane@iafrica.com
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Postal Address : P O Box 436, Munster, 4278, South Africa
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[fudo]

PeterP-so how much are your knives in yankee greenbacks?

 

[Peter P]

Prices work out at approx US$250.00 including sheath plus shipping

 

[ExamonLyf]

Nice looking job Peter.., and a good price...


"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"

 

[No. 6]

George


Dwyer


Hill


Parkinson

 

[Kohai999]

No. 6, those are nice, and all, but bringing up a thread from 2002?

Why not start a new one?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

 

[Will York]

Thanks for spotting and calling that, STeven. I was trying to make sense of the posts not thinking to check the time stamps. Always a bother.

 

[Kohai999]

Thanks for spotting and calling that, STeven. I was trying to make sense of the posts not thinking to check the time stamps. Always a bother.

Hey Will, hope all is good!

I LOVE both F/S blades AND A/F blades and want the thread to get some traction, and advised No. 6 of this privately...just hard when the other guys see the OP date and ignore it.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

 

[No. 6]

Hey Will, hope all is good!

I LOVE both F/S blades AND A/F blades and want the thread to get some traction, and advised No. 6 of this privately...just hard when the other guys see the OP date and ignore it.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

To my mind (and by what my browser shows to me), if it rises to the top of a particular sub-forum there is a new post relevant to the subject. Now said post may be worthless or it may be valuable, but it is a new post regardless of the time stamp on the OP. I stumbled across this thread while searching via Google and found some new information about daggers. Might be old and dead, but it is new to me. My thinking was that the makers and pictures posted could contribute to the subject of the thread and be shared by all, not just directed exclusively to the OP. You can always learn from history no matter how far it comes from the past.

 

[John A. Larsen]

No6, who is the "George" who made the knife in your first photo? Thanks, John