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, and ...

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 ...