Talk:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife

message: Agreed. I can do this mid-May if someone else has not done so already, then set Fairbairn-Sykes_Knife up as a redirect to here. Rorybowman 23:46, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Proposal from [[Fairbairn-Sykes_Knife]] 

message: There were two quotes here before, the second of which I recognized and the first of which I believe is on a proprietary site. If someone can confirm this, that would be terrific.
John F. Murphy Jr., "Secret Weapons of the Secret War," International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Volume 14, Number 2 / April 1, 2001, pp. 262 - 278. 
When will the contents fo Get Tough! be in the public domain? A diagram of Fairbairn's cuts would be good to add here, as it would very clearly convey the spirit of Fairbairn's text. Rorybowman 02:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, since it dates to after Mickey Mouse, then approximately never.  See  Micky Mouse Protection Act.  scot 23:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Talk 

message: I can't believe that the words "BROAD ARROW" were really stamped on the knives, I think it more likely that the broad arrow symbol (that of the War Department) would have been stamped instead. Could someone correct this if I'm correct. 
Cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.69.83.247 (talk) 21:14, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stamp on 3rd Patter Knives 

message: Rename from Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife to Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
*The full name of the article should be capitalized, as it is the name of the knife.  Chessy999 (talk) 16:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

message: with all due respect to above gentlemen i doubt that they invented the dagger. its is a precise replica of the dutch stormdolk 1917.  as used by Dutch special troops and marines since 1917. even the sheat is the same 
At the time  this dagger was introduced by fairbairn and sykes they probably saw it in Shanghai were also dutch marines were stationed
just google stormdolk 1917 for pictures
a driessen the netherlands— Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.194.200.24 (talk) 18:53, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The stormdolk has a broad wooden handle, held to the tang by two rivets, whereas the F-S has a metal vase type held by a screw pommel, so the F-S is not exactly a precise replica at all. The sheath is different as well- it has a loop for suspension from a belt, whereas the F-S scabbard has tags which are sewn on to clothing. The oval metal guard resembles that of a 2nd or 3rd type (but not the original F-S). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:58, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed. Some interesting comparison pics here: http://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/odds-n-ends.html   Andy Dingley (talk) 17:14, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed a section which quoted a source as referring to "Dan" Fairbairn- didn't seem a particularly reliable source. William Fairbairn was, according to Wilkinson-Latham, the superintendent of the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit, a "riot squad", in 1931. I doubt Fairbairn spent most of his time creeping up on unsuspecting rioters and stabbing them, which suggests that the Shanghai daggers were designed as defensive last-resort weapons. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 12:46, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  fairbairn and sykes dagger 

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message: When did the SAS and the british military in general, abandoned the FS-knife ? Is there a successor of the FS-Knife or does the SAS no longer see the need of a combat-knife ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.171.249.180 (talk) 14:51, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did it dropped out of use ?