WW2 Secret Agent OSS STILETTO 'Pancake Flapper' FAIRBAIRN-SYKES Commando DAGGER

Description

Guaranteed 100% ORIGINAL and 100% GENUINE Office Of Strategic Services OSS Stiletto
Double-edged blade retains 95+% of its anti-reflective coating, the edge has been CAREFULLY sharpened to minimize disturbance to the anti-reflective coating
The NEAR MINT blade shows NO staining NO bends NO cracks NO edge nicks NO bends NO rust & NO pitting
The ONLY EXAMPLE that I have ever had the pleasure to offer in 23 years selling here on eBay
WORLD WAR TWO FAIRBURN-SYKES O.S.S. STILETTO
A black lightweight steel OSS Stiletto, with its original "pancake flapper" scabbard.
Manufactured by Landers, Frary and Clark, New Britain, 1942-45.
Metal and leather, the metal in army green. Knife unmarked.
Length of knife 11.5 inches (290 mm).
An OSS stiletto in exceptional pristine condition, without much wear to knife and flapper, and even retaining the rubber O ring on the flapper end.
The Landers, Frary and Clark company in New Britain who produced these knives in June of 1942, were the largest housewares company in the USA, and modified their pancake flapper to become the scabbard, the gaps on the face of the flapper neatly adapted itself to different positions on a military belt.
The O.S.S. STILETTO knife is based on the classic F-S dagger design of c.1935, from the British duo, Captains Fairburn-Sykes.
Unfortunately, although it did indeed look sleek and stylish, and was lightweight, but it was also brittle.
It was issued to OSS agents in Europe, and they were
trained in England in the use of the stiletto by one of its designers, Lt. Col. William Fairburn
.
A NEAR IDENTICAL dagger (Lot # 39) was recently
Sold for US,825.00
at Bonhams NY USA on 7th Aug 2020
SEEN HERE = https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26461/lot/39/
I have taken the liberty of plagiarising much of their description :-)
NO RESERVE here to be SOLD
Do please VIEW my ***23 + years *** FEEDBACK selling history on E-Bay !!
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Postage
First Class Air Mail (6-10 DAYS)
New Zealand customers NZPO Courier FREE........ SORRY but New Zealand RESIDENTS must pay GST @ 15% on purchase price Because I must pay GST on all "local sales" :-(
A G.S.T. receipt will be issued on request
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