A rare WWII knife and valuable guns topped the lots at Mitchells country sporting auction in Cockermouth. A Fairbairn-Sykes double-edged fighting knife, crafted circa 1940 by Wilkinson Sword ...

The latter was characterized by the “ahjam,” or “healing,” tattoo, which was inscribed with a knife. Tattoos were by no means limited to women. In fact, men got tattoos too, though the ...

Together they developed the Fairbairn-Sykes knife, a fearsome weapon, made by Wilkmson Sword, which became SOE standard issue. Among the other agents’ careers detailed by Binney is that of his own ...