The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knives
  • Introduction
    • The Beginning
      • Modern Warrior
      • WW-II Commando Knives
        • Rarest of Them All
          • First Pattern>
            • Examples
            • Second Pattern>
              • Standard P-2
                • Button Hilt
                  • Nickle, Silver, & Gold
                    • Beaded & Ribbed
                      • Fatman Knives
                      • Third Pattern>
                        • Nickle plated P-3
                          • Wilkinson P-3
                          • French Commando Knives
                            • Variants>
                              • Wood Handled Knives
                                • Stag and leather Handled
                                  • Cast Alloy Hilts
                                    • Australian Knives
                                  • Derivative knives
                                    • Miscellaneous
                                      • USMC & OSS Stiletto
                                        • Geber & Randall
                                          • EK Knives & V-42
                                            • Post War Versions
                                              • Custom F~S Knives
                                                • Commemoratives
                                                • Standard Sheaths
                                                  • Field Expedient
                                                    • Sheath Minutae
                                                    • The Stories
                                                    • Minutiae
                                                      • Inspection Stamps
                                                        • Blade Etches
                                                          • Top nuts
                                                          • References & Links
                                                          Wilkinson Logos:
                                                          The following images are from various Wilkinson Sword Company knives.
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                                                          Etched logo on the Lovat Knife
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                                                          Logo from the H.B. TuminP-2  blade.
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                                                          Blade etching from the Col. SA Decker P-2 Knife
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                                                          Logo from the Harley Britton P-2 blade
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                                                          Below is a war-time logo on a P-3. I only have one other WW-II P-3 with a Wilkinson logo and it is too faded to get a photograph.
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                                                          Now that you've had some practice, can you spot the Fake logo? The fake, shown below, is very easy to pick out. Maybe the incorrect spelling of sword is a clue! Let the buyer beware.
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                                                          The next eight etches are all from original First Pattern Knives
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                                                          Above: Late production (1960s?) Third Pattern Wilkinson
                                                          Below: 50th AnniversaryWilkinson Sword Co.  P-1
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                                                          BELOW: Wartime gold plated P-2 by Wilkinson Sword Co.
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                                                          Misc. Blade Etchings:
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                                                          Above etching is attributed to J. Nowill & Sons.
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                                                          Late 1980s logo etched into the blade of a black chrome plated P-3.
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                                                          Late 1980s logo etched into the blade of a nickle plated P-3.
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                                                          Above: Taylor "Eye Witness" brand from leather handled kinfe
                                                          Bottom: Ek Knife Company Model 2
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                                                          Post war logos etched into the blades of two Nickle plated knives

                                                          Below: A very faint, late or post-war, logo on a Wilkinson third pattern knife.
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