The Fighting KnifeW. E. Fairbairn is a legendary figure in the history of Military Combatives and the Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife he designed with E. A. Sykes has achieved a legendary status of its own. There have been numerous books, primarily aimed at collectors, written about the Fairbairn Sykes and it's variations. This book however, based on accounts from O. S. S. veterans and extensive research of O. S. S. records, is the first to take an in depth look at the