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This knife came along with some daggers I bought the other day. It's marked Willian Rogers Sheffield England on the top of the guard. I know this was the primary British fighting knife of WW II but little else. Any idea of the collectibility or value?

A knife just like that was sold on a swedish auction site a while ago. I think the price ended somewhere around 50 USD, maybe 60. But that is not to be taken as a guideline for the value, as most people on that site only buy bad "german" repros, and only a few are interested in other edged weapons (and only a few of the few know anything about it). I dont even know if the one that was sold was real. Besides, it was sold as a "german dress dagger".

There have been many generations of these daggers. The original WWII ones seem to sell at over $250 at shows. Maybe someone can explain to us the various vintages.

Dave

hi, whilst i don`t know too much about each `generation` of these, they must be just about unique on this forum , as they are still being made/issued to this day to the british armed forces. they are the stock weapon of the royal marine commando`s to name but one user, modern knives that aren`t repros!!.

I have a presentation one. It was given to a friend of mine when he left 41 Commando RM in about 1965.

Dave

Here it is. No scabbard. Plated blade.

Made by Wilkinson Sword.

Dave

Dave here we go 1st pattern produced from january 1941 to april 1941

2nd pattern produced from april 1941 to early 1943

3rd pattern produced from early 1943 to 1945

there are also other variants like the ribs & beads grip, ribs & ropes grip, wood grips.
hope this helps you out
Sean

Well now I know that mines a 3rd pattern. This is becomming an interesting thread. I don't believe these we ever discussed here before. What is the purpose of the "tabs" on the scabbard?
Jim

These are really interesting knives and there is a market out there for them. I think they are more widely collected in UK and Canada. I have a picture around here somewhere of a Geman soldier carrying one.
Here's an interesting link. http://gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/fs/fs_knife.htm

jim yours is post war the cast seam down the sides of the grip was removed on war time knives,they also had a mould number cast in to the top of the pommel(1,2,3 or4)see picture. value of yours about �40 the tabs are for stitching to clothing ie trousers

lakesidetrader:
That must have been one of the few swedish militaria site links that I have missed. Thanks a lot!