OSS CIA Fairbairn Sykes Knife Pancake Spatula Dagger Stiletto with Sheath

Description

O.S.S. Office of Strategic Services C.I.A. Fairbairn-Sykes Pancake Spatula Dagger Stiletto Mint Condition with Sheath
For auction is a rare well preserved authentic Fairbairn-Sykes pancake dagger in as good of condition as you are ever going to find.
Noteworthy:
Two Brinell Hardness Marks
Original Sheath with Still Flexible Leather
Family Owned 60+ Years
Condition: Near Mint
Qty: 1
The blade is made from 1095 tool steel and hardened to a Rockwell C scale of 55-57. Each knife was tested on a Brinell Hardness tester. You can see the mark after the test on the blade. This rare knife has two hardness marks.
Artifact Specifications for the O.S.S. Stiletto
Length Overall 11.20" - 11.25" (284 - 286 mm) Length of Blade 6.19" - 6.45" (157 - 164 mm) Weight 7 - 7.05 ounces (200 - 210 grams) Scabbard LOA 12.38" (314 mm)
Scabbard Weight 3.5 ounces (100 grams)
The Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes based on ideas which the two men had before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police. Introduced in 1941, the Fairbairn-Sykes knife is named after its two British designers, Captains W. E. Fairbairn and E. A. Sykes and was also known as the OSS Stiletto. It became standard issue in 1943.
On June 16, 1942 an order was issued for the stilettos from Landers, Frary & Clark. The hilt is made in three sections of steel, the flat cross-guard, handle and the threaded knob. The unique part of the handle is the checkering which goes all the way to the cross-guard. This is not seen on any other F-S style of knife. The shape of the blade differs from the typical F-S knife type because it is much narrower to the tip. The knife is very beautiful and well-made with a superior scabbard. The scabbard got the nickname Pancake flapper. Landers, Frary & Clark was for a time the largest cutlery producer in the USA. They also made a number of kitchen tools. One of the utensils was the kitchen spatula or pancake flapper. The same diecasts were used to produce the scabbard as the kitchen spatula they produced.
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