http://www.historynet.com/fairbairn-sykes-fighting-knife-silencing-foes-since-1941.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/fairbairn-sykes-fighting-knife-silencing-foes-since-1941.htm#comment-1024680 Robert Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:20:38 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683643#comment-1024680 Case Cutlery moved to Bradford, PA in 1905. Case Cutlery moved to Bradford, PA in 1905.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/fairbairn-sykes-fighting-knife-silencing-foes-since-1941.htm#comment-829059 Spiggy Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:24:27 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683643#comment-829059 My Uncle Basil ( who I never met. He was killed in Burma in 1944 by an American friendly fire incident - they dropped a case of tinned pineapples on him from 1500 feet ) , used to tell my father that he found the most effective part of his FS fighting knife to be the lead filled boss on top of the hilt. Unless his enemy ( usually Jap sentries ) was wearing a steel helmet, they could be pole axed stone dead by a swinging blow to the head ( the temple was best ) . He even killed one who was wearing a steel helmet by this method, but the clanging noise it made woke up ALL of the other Japs within half a mile, only to then be finished off by Uncle Bas's company of Ghurkas with their khukris. My Uncle Basil ( who I never met. He was killed in Burma in 1944 by an American friendly fire incident – they dropped a case of tinned pineapples on him from 1500 feet ) , used to tell my father that he found the most effective part of his FS fighting knife to be the lead filled boss on top of the hilt. Unless his enemy ( usually Jap sentries ) was wearing a steel helmet, they could be pole axed stone dead by a swinging blow to the head ( the temple was best ) . He even killed one who was wearing a steel helmet by this method, but the clanging noise it made woke up ALL of the other Japs within half a mile, only to then be finished off by Uncle Bas's company of Ghurkas with their khukris.

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