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- From: ljb@parkcity.dr.att.com (BLO54620-BonhamLJ(DR2194)240)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: thrust versus slash -- a SEAL's response
- Message-ID: <23065@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 20:08:37 GMT
- References: <1992Dec13.002339.3658@netcom.com> <mk8VVB2w165w@bluemoon.use.com>
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- In article <mk8VVB2w165w@bluemoon.use.com>, lchurch2@bluemoon.use.com (Leonard Church) writes:
- |> writes:
- |>
- |> That SPECIAL knife was developed for the SAS back in WWII by Fairbanks...
- |> it is like a triangle file and was refered to as a "noseplug" some
- |> variations on this knife included: the handle being that of a WWI
- |> trenchknife [brass nuckles], having two Sai like tines on the handle, and
- |> having a retractable wire saw in the handle as a garotte.
- |>
- |>
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- |> Growing trees in a concrete Jungle | lchurch2@bluemoon.rn.com
- |> -------------------------------------------------------------
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- A small historical correction, if you'll permit me.
-
- The knife your refering to was the Sikes-FAIRBAIRNE, not the Fairbanks.
- It was developed by William E. Fairbairne of the Shanghai Municipal Police
- for the British Royal Marine Commando in 1940 or 1941. Many other SOGs
- adopted it during the war including the SAS (Special Air Service), MI-6,
- U.S. Army Rangers, U.S.M.C. Raiders, and OSS to mention a few. The British
- loved it, the Americans often found it to light for general use but many
- individual U.S. personnel liked it.
-
- This knife became the general model for most of the combat blades made today
- which are not intended for survival use. Randle and others have copied
- it but quite often increased the blade's thickness.
-
- Well, that's enough. Don't want to bore you all.
-
-
- Larry
- -----
- "Sharp pointy things are better
- because you don't have to reload them"
- -- Robert Duncan
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