Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife: Collecting Britain's Most Iconic Dagger

Splendid research material, thank you.

This is a very good book written by a German who knows what he is talking about. Buy it while you can.

A good reference book, well illustrated.

Very good book

This is the 3rd book I have purchased in as many weeks, on the FS Fighting Knife or Commando Dagger. The book I purchased is hardback and all the pages are top quality 'gloss' type finished. Really well finished inside covers also. As well as the quality of this book there are some fantastic colour phots of all the variations of the knife and some useful information as well. All in all well chuffed with this book, money well spent.

conforme a ma commande article bien arrivé et en très bon état, excellent traking ++++++++

Was looking for a more detailed reference book

Iconic Dagger PrimerWolfgang Peter-Michel's book "The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife: Collecting Britain's Most Iconic Dagger" is by far one of the best books currently out on the subject. This book is highly readable, with extensive color photography throughout adding to the overall excellent content of this book. This book covers all the salient history, the background on the major contributors and developers of this knife. It covers all the major variants, as well as some obscure models. Additionally the book has a section on identifying fake daggers. This book is perfect for the novice collector and expert collector of the Fairbairn and Sykes fighting knife.CONTENTS:-Introduction1. With one's back to the wall - Britain 19402. Two experts at the right time - Fairbairn and Sykes3. First prototypes and Shanghai4. The first pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife5. William Ewart Fairbairn - a man of publicity6. Eric Anthony Sykes - man in the background7. The second pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife8. The third pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife9. Handle variations10. Sheaths11. Markings12. False start in the USA13. Users alterations14. Postwar production - from symbol to legend15. How to identify fakes-Conclusion-Notes-Bibliography(Hardcover, 6.5"x9.5", 160 pages)

Full of great info, very detailed photos on high quality paper. Provides a ton of useful info. Actually helped me out on a potential purchase... saved me more than the cost of the book. Highly recommend!

Description des trois premiers modèles de la célèbre dague des commandos britanniques. Les tous premiers modèles utilisés pendant la seconde guerre mondiale sont étudiés très en détail. Quelques modèles d'après guerre sont aussi présentés pour comparaison.