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Buyers are solely responsible for ensuring that they observe the relevant laws in their respective legal jurisdictions or countries particularly with regard to the import, carrying and use of the knives they purchase. These are not items for re-enactors these are the authentic items in most cases made by firms with several hundred years of knife making history

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Stag handle. Ettrick shape. Pruner blade. Overall length four inches. Stock number A37. This is one of the fine knives made by Trevor Ablett of Sheffield. One of Sheffield’s last independent knife makers. He makes a wide range of gardening knives, pocket and pen knives and his knives come in a presentation box. The knives of John Maleham are just as fine and his knives come in a wider range and include survival knives, bowie knives and a range of penknives. The blades and handles of these knives are made to traditional shapes and some of the origins of the shapes have been lost. The Ettrick shaped handles may have originated from Ettrick in Scotland but nobody knows for sure. The one thing you can count on is the quality of these Sheffield knives which are the products of centuries of accumulated knife making skills in Sheffield.

This knife has a Buffalo handle which polishes to a very nice patina and because it is a natural material every knife is slightly different. It has double blades one of which is a clip point the other spear point. Another fine Sheffield knife. Have a look at our page of knives made by Trevor Ablett.

The item below is a Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife. it was used by British commandos and the SAS in WW2. William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Sykes were the originators of the design and served prior to WW2 with the Shanghai Municipal Police. The commandos memorial in Westminster Abbey displays a sold gold copy of this knife. The item below comes in a gift box and the knife itself is eleven inches long. Its a display item with a goldplated handle. An ideal gift for somebody leaving the forces.

£56