good fairbairne sykes reproduction knife

EK made one years ago, not sure how easy they are to find.

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To no one in particular,

While everyone appears to be well intentioned in there responses, the OP simply wanted a recommendation for a quality dagger of a certain style. I would provide one, but am not aware of one, except the one pictured above. I will probably catch flak for this, but I am not sure the lectures on proper training were appreciated and I doubt they will have any effect. I am no expert, but I don't think that stabbing the hell out of someone with a large pointy object requires a great deal of training. Especially as this would likely be used as a last ditch, get the hell off me, so I can get away type deal.

No disrespect intended, it just would be nice if people could get a simple recommendation without being made to feel inferior.
 
idaho said:
In EU you can make your time in the county of origin, if both countries agrees to do that :D

Anyway, back to F-S.

It is hard to find a proper FS dagger, as most of them are pattern III, which by definition is not proper FS dagger :D
Knurled handle is the main reason. But if we forget about that, UK made, like wilkinson, will be fine.
China made, or Czech made - like mikov, are not good.
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Excellent info, thank you. I've always been fascinated with the FS pattern.
 
Extrema ratio makes a similar model to the F/S,, also they make a dagger 39-09, I believe that looks the part. Fox knives has one too called the Madras. Good luck with search.
 
jstrange said:
To no one in particular,

While everyone appears to be well intentioned in there responses, the OP simply wanted a recommendation for a quality dagger of a certain style. I would provide one, but am not aware of one, except the one pictured above. I will probably catch flak for this, but I am not sure the lectures on proper training were appreciated and I doubt they will have any effect. I am no expert, but I don't think that stabbing the hell out of someone with a large pointy object requires a great deal of training. Especially as this would likely be used as a last ditch, get the hell off me, so I can get away type deal.

No disrespect intended, it just would be nice if people could get a simple recommendation without being made to feel inferior.
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I agree 100%.

And whoever suggested the EK, it would be a good choice if you can find one.
 
It's tough responding to requests like the one in the OP. You don't really know who is asking or why. Could be a Ninja wannabe and you don't want to encourage someone to get into trouble, because knife fighting is not something you can do without training and it's not something you should do at all except in very ezceptional circumstances. And a forum like this has to be careful being seen to encourage the wrong things. It is safest the assume the worst, esoecially when a post is phrased as it was, regardless of the member's actual intent and qualifications. Once you are better known or phrase things differently I'm sure there won't be any "lectures" and no offence should be taken to a cautious and sensible response.
I wouldn't want to carry a F-S dagger, especially in Poland, but I never liked the design to begin with and it's rather too specialized and even awkward for anything I might use it for. But it's certaily a classic if you collect or train.
I much prefer straight knives and I did carry in Poland, but a folder. If I had carried a fixed blade there it would have been a Nealy or, more appropriately, a Polkowski.
But legal or not, you don't want to have to explain yourself there to the Polizja, or here for that matter, and a folder is probably a little less problematic to explain. Better it isn't a designated combat knife or dagger and you have trained with whatever knife you do have.
My 2 cents.
 
jstrange said:
To no one in particular,

While everyone appears to be well intentioned in there responses, the OP simply wanted a recommendation for a quality dagger of a certain style. I would provide one, but am not aware of one, except the one pictured above. I will probably catch flak for this, but I am not sure the lectures on proper training were appreciated and I doubt they will have any effect. I am no expert, but I don't think that stabbing the hell out of someone with a large pointy object requires a great deal of training. Especially as this would likely be used as a last ditch, get the hell off me, so I can get away type deal.

No disrespect intended, it just would be nice if people could get a simple recommendation without being made to feel inferior.
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I absolutely agree with you! Someone asks a simple question and a bunch of sermonizing "experts" pipe up to try to make the individual sound stupid. I also agree with you that no training at all is required to make any pointed object potentially lethal in the hands of a motivated individual.
 
The best Fairbairn/ Sykes knives to be had are either Peter Parkinson's or MacDonald Armory's, & they're the only ones who do a 1st pattern F/S. Be prepared to spend roughly $500-ish, though. If you're really into this model you owe it to yourself to get a 1st pattern from one of these guys. The balance, feel, & beauty of this knife make it probably my favorite dagger ever. There are others I'd rather carry for it's intended purpose but none I'd rather handle.

Hill knives & Extrema Ratio both make a great version too (2nd & 3rd pattern, respectively). Of the cheaper 3rd pattern versions out there, the best I've handled is the Atlanta Cutlery (Windlass Steelcrafts)3rd pattern reproduction. The blade isn't overly thin & the handle weight feels better than the Nowill, Rodgers, or Linder versions.

As far as similar combat dagger types, my favorites are the Cold Steel Tai Pan, Cold Steel Peacekeeper, & Boker's Applegate/ Fairbairn. They have wider blades, thinner bevels, stronger points, & stouter tangs than their F/S granddaddy. Also, the handles are oval instead of round, making edge orientation more intuitive.
 
Larry Turko said:
I absolutely agree with you! Someone asks a simple question and a bunch of sermonizing "experts" pipe up to try to make the individual sound stupid. I also agree with you that no training at all is required to make any pointed object potentially lethal in the hands of a motivated individual.
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Then why do they always want some WWII era sentry killer or some rediculously named and designed stabinator for "SD" when, for their level of training (none), a grocery store steak knife or ice pick would be equally effective (until the bad guy shoots them)?

Clearly they are under the impression that the stabinator is magically going to turn them into a killing machine, just like a BearGrylls is going to turn them into an outdoors expert.

With the BG, its no big deal. They walk back the 50 yards to the car, and drive home from their survival adventure in the state park.

But HJK nailed it. Feeding someone's knife wielding killing machine fantasy is going to end up with someone in jail or the morgue.
 
I do not have a "knife wielding killing machine fantasy" I just think knives are good equalizers for self defence. You are under the impression I am just someone who thinks that getting a knife will magically make me the best knife fighter ever far from it I know you need training. Will people please stop treating me like someone who is gonna pick up a knife and stab the closest person to me. my only intention for it is a last ditch resort in self defence. I wanted a FS knife or something close to it because I like the design and the history behind it not because it is pointy.
 
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