Leather scabbard for Fairburn-Sykes style fighting knife

Textile

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Lorne Scots Regimental Museum

Reverse of the leather

Reverse of the leather

Name/Title

Leather scabbard for Fairburn-Sykes style fighting knife

Entry/Object ID

1994.52.10

Description

A leather scabbard with belt loop for a Fairburn-Sykes style fighting knife

Use

Used to conceal and carry a knife or blade. The belt loop provides for easy access when retrieving its sheathed blade.

Context

This scabbard is associated with 1981.03.01, a Fairburn-Sykes style Fighting Knife. The knife and scabbard may be a third pattern knife or a post World War Two reproduction c. 1960s

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1950