Re: Fairbairn Sykes Commando Knives
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dwd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sorry I have been MIA from my own thread. I don't know, the knife leaves me kind of cold. Maybe its the lexan/plastic handle. I own one by Bill Harsey and its very sharp and well made. Partly they are too light and lack a sense of mass that a good fighting knife has. I think they should have kept the longer blade of the original FS knife. The wider blade does cut better because the blade angles are flatter and the handle being oval does not roll in your hand. So it all boils down to personal preference. I prefer a good second pattern or a heavy blade WW-II era 3rd pattern. </div></div>
Bill is a friend of mine and if you have one of his FS knives it is indeed a quality piece of work IMO, hang onto that knife, I haven't seen too many around these days.. If you
prefer a knife with more mass I would point you to George knives FS model. George is another one of those guys that builds really nice stuff that can withstand the types of things knuckle draggers such as myself subject knives to.