The Applegate-Fairbairn 'Fighting Knife'

[Melvin-Purvis]

Just to bring this topic up for the larger audience here in the General Forum; after kicking the idea around for a few years, I finally set down with my lovely wife and wrote an extensive article on the development history of the Applegate-Fairbairn (A/F) ‘Fighting Knife’. This article may lead to a soft cover book someday, but for now our prime focus is on getting our hard cover book on Randall Made Knives into print.

After the A/F article is submitted and run, our collection may be sold, but only as a collection. Based on the tremendous amount of archived materials that we’ve amassed, it would be a shame to release it any other way. Also, I’ve been unsuccessful making contact with Wm. ‘Bill’ Cassidy, who was instrumental in getting the modern A/F knife into production; if anyone knows how to reach Bill, please let us know…

So, if you have questions about the A/F design that I may be able to answer, or if you have any ideas or suggestions for topic material, please feel free to ask away…

Thanks,

Sheldon Wickersham
aka ‘Melvin-Purvis

 

[Howard Wallace]

Just saw this. William Cassidy apparently posted here a few months ago as wcassidy . See http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=327641 You might try private messaging him on the forum. He has apparently chosen not to make his e-mail available although I beleive it is required to input it for BF registration.


[edit] Oh- I see you already picked up on that old thread. Nevermind.

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

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