O.S.S. Pancake Flipper Stiletto WWII

Please the price of O.S.S. Pancake Flipper Stiletto WWII ? :confused:

That is the flawed US copy of the Sykes Fairbain dagger. It was poorly made unlike the brit version and is one of the reasons the FS does not have a good rep in the US. There was some suspicion that it was actual sabotage because most of the US cutlery industry was run by German expats.

The pancake flipper sheath worked quite well though. It was actually made at a plant that made pancake flippers.

First off let me say that this was an extremely well made knife.It was made by Case cutlery.Check the blade on both sides about an inch from the cross guard.The original will have a small dimple-this is from Case's heat treat testing .The handle of your knife appears to have the correct checkering pattern in the right location.Great to have the original scabbard as they were awkward and often field modified.My partner and I can't seem to agree if the rubber ring is the original(we'll settle that later).An original in nice condition starts at around $800 and only goes up from there.PIC&SDH

After giving this some thought, I believe you must have this knife confused with the USMC stiletto which has a cast handle that would fall apart from looking at it wrong, due in part to a very poor casting. The Handle on the OSS knife is one of the strongest ever constructed on the type of handle and if far more durable than the FS type three and even the late type two knives. the grip is very stout and grip very well, unlike the type three. The type ones are so rare and at the present time I do not have on in stock to compare it against. We have in inventory several hundred in inventory, some of the best examples are made in India, France, early England and German post war. The present NATO are pretty close to the poorest examples in stock. As for the OSS It is truly one of the best and I would consider five hundred dollars for the knife alone and the scabbard is the hard part to get due to shabby construction, yes indeed it was made from a pancake and should have stayed that way, quoting the lat , great Teddy Roosevelt, sir's this is quite possible the poorest ideas I have ever seen. Most of the handful of OSS knives that actually made it over the sand found there ways into makeshift scabbards or scabbards made for short bayonets. If it were up to me it would have been issued in an US M8A1 right from the onset-HTH-SDH

I read about this one on a good FS site but I could be wrong. I thought that the reason the FS had a bad rep was because US made versions were made mostly by German immigrants who sabotaged the heat treat. I will double check my sources.

I have a brit second pattern FS and a new nato one and the second pattern is loads better.

Now that I really think about it maybe it was the USMC dagger?
Was it issued in the same pancake flipper sheath?
Heck maybe they were both on the same page.

If so I am really sorry about dissing your knife.

I also really like the M8A1 sheath for a combat knife but I have one with a nice M3 dagger and the strong spring that is so good at holding the knife in place puts big marks down both sides of the M3. Not a big deal for a soldier but for a collector it is like torture.