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1058:(SMP) in 1907. During his service with the International Police in Shanghai, Fairbairn reportedly engaged in hundreds of street fights in the course of his duties over a twenty-year career. Much of his body, arms, legs, torso, even the palms of his hands, was covered with scars from knife wounds from those fights.
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In close-quarters fighting there is no more deadly weapon than the knife. In choosing a knife there are two important factors to bear in mind: balance and keenness. The hilt should fit easily in your hand, and the blade should not be so heavy that it tends to drag the hilt from your fingers in a
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loose grip. It is essential that the blade have a sharp stabbing point and good cutting edges, because an artery torn through (as against a clean cut) tends to contract and stop the bleeding. If a main artery is cleanly severed, the wounded man will quickly lose consciousness and die.
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The Collectors Guide to the Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife
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1557:The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knives
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1147:"The history of the Commando Knife"
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1613:List of blade materials
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2166:Strider SMF
2131:Sharpfinger
2081:Putty knife
2071:Pocketknife
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1441:10 December
1431:army.mod.uk
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880:Netherlands
668: 1942
615:OSS version
571:broad arrow
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2930:Bo Randall
2905:Jimmy Lile
2900:Gil Hibben
2885:Jerry Fisk
2782:Victorinox
2777:Tramontina
2758:STI Knives
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2651:KitchenAid
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2126:Sgian dubh
2106:Sami knife
2021:Neck knife
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562:crossguard
544:Get Tough!
478:newspapers
407:Lochailort
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2508:Benchmade
2302:Cinquedea
2277:Bagh nakh
2156:SOG Knife
2061:Pesh-kabz
1868:Commander
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1777:Yanagi ba
1762:Udon kiri
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750:Singapore
712:Indonesia
159:– present
148:See Users
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2287:Baselard
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643:General
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337:Shanghai
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1986:Machete
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1991:Mandau
1966:Kirpan
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