The all "white" Nickel F-S Commando Knives

Until now it is not known which company made these knives. The shape of the blades indicates that they most likely where made by some plant in Sheffield area. These F-S knives are found in only all white nickel finish as far as it is known. Many of these knives are inspector marked   56 or 60 or without any marks. There are no reports of any other marks.

Sometimes you find these knives with wedges which are very very small and I have seen other where it does not have one.  It is really just down to manufacturing variation.

I have also owned a knife like these without any stamp at all.

The grips seems be Wilkinson’s style. This might be the case because the Ministry of Supply had copies of the Wilkinson October 1942 drawings and these they would have given out to manufacturers with new orders to use.

The inspectors marked these knives evidently on two places:

 - On the cross-guard

 - On the ferrule

and at last:

without any seen wedge and without the 56 mark.

Ron Flook has told me that there are some knives where the wedge is very, very small and others where it does not have one. It is really just down to manufacturing variation.

Please note the nice clear mark from the vice on the pommel nut.

It is very likely that knives were repaired on other places than Wilkinsons. Robert Wilkinson-Latham told me that in March 1942, Wilkinsons repaired 67 FS knives, by the cost of 11/- and it was certainly new blades.

The blades are perhaps more Sheffield than Wilkinson’s. Most likely the Sheffield factories were also given repair work and so we probably get Wilkinson grips and cross pieces with new Sheffield blades. It seems that Wilkinsons never got any more knives for repair because of it slowed down their production.

All these knives came originaly with scabbards tipped with white chapes.

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