The Fairbairn-Sykes isn’t some mall ninja fantasy blade—it’s the real deal, a whispering ghost of war meant for men who got dropped behind enemy lines and didn’t ask for backup.

Fairbairn and Sykes developed the knife in Shanghai, incidentally they never mentioned Shanghai at all at Inverailort, I didn’t discover they had come from Shanghai until years afterwards.

Ka-Bar and the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife. ... Sirois served 25 years active duty in the military, where he got his start in knife making as an outlet for combat related stresses.

The Fairbairn-Sykes dagger has one purpose: to kill. Issued to British commandos, it has a thin, exceptionally sharp blade that will open an artery with a quick flick. That’s the story behind ...

If you suspect that someone is wearing body armour you can’t stick a knife into his chest, although the favourite place for sticking knives in, taught by Fairbairn and Sykes, does work even with ...