Fairbain

[King carp]

Unfortunatly I have no history of this knife. There are no other markings besides the acid etched ones shown. Thanks for the input.

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[Surpmil]

Unfortunatly I have no history of this knife. There are no other markings besides the acid etched ones shown. Thanks for the input.

Ask the seller, if he doesn't know, ask who he got it from? Provenance isn't everything, but it's a lot.

And BTW, notice how polished those leather 'nubs' are where the flaps are sewn on? That is from rubbing against clothing for a long period. The original idea of the sew-on flaps was that the scabbard would be prevented from catching on the blade or guard as the knife was withdrawn, rising up with it and preventing a "clean" withdrawal. In general the scabbard and hangers weren't very well thought out. The flimsy elastic came off, as yours has done and then there was nothing but gravity to keep the knife in the scabbard. A proper rigid throat on the scabbard with a friction retainer would have been a far better idea, as would a pocket down the back of the scabbard for a pistol cleaning rod to stiffen the whole thing and prevent the problem the leather flaps were intended to address. But the rush was on in 1940...

I don't think I'd want to be jumping and rolling around with one of those on my belt held in by nothing but a bit of garter elastic!