Early Pattern Wilkinson Sword Survival Knives

[John Fenna]

The realy funny thing is all the photos of the Wilky "Survival" knife in use are (as I recall) faked!
The alloy nut that holds the handle in place stripped itself (as I recall) when a ham fisted and strong reviewer (not me) over tightened it....the handle could not be fixed back on securely (as I recall) and the team rated the knife at a big fat "null points"! (as I recall)
Gawd was that fat handle uncomfortable as well!

 

[John Fenna]

I never bought C&S as a magazine - I bought this book, and it's companion volume "Combat" from a discount book shop many years ago. I've since got the impression that the books were in fact a collection of articles from C&S magazine!

IIRC the page that picture was on was between 2 sections titled "choosing your survival knife" and "using your survival knife" .. funny that

The section on "using your survival knife" featured the WS Survival knife pretty exclusively, and the photos of gralloching a deer contained someone dressed in DPM, with trainers , and the obligatory square of black gaffa tape over his eyes, who looked rather like a young Ray Mears

Yup - that is he.
As to my reviews...
Look for a blue balaclava......I only wrote a couple of reviews for this title

 

[shabam]

hi ime a new user and dont realy know what ime doing,, i would like a lil info about a knife i aquired a while ago,, its a wilkinson sword type d, survival knife, it has a reg no on it,, 1b/4594 and either the bold arrow head or crow foot, ive done a lil research and found out its a airforce issue, from the 50s, the earlier issue. how much do they sell for ? and where could i sell it , thanks, shabam

 

[Limaed]

hi ime a new user and dont realy know what ime doing,, i would like a lil info about a knife i aquired a while ago,, its a wilkinson sword type d, survival knife, it has a reg no on it,, 1b/4594 and either the bold arrow head or crow foot, ive done a lil research and found out its a airforce issue, from the 50s, the earlier issue. how much do they sell for ? and where could i sell it , thanks, shabam

Probably worth around £60 although you might get more depending on condition and intrest. You can sell it here but you need to be a full member alternatively you can swap it where you dont need to be a full member. I think you can also sell knives in the 'Bushcraft and Survival Skills' magazine.

Its worth putting up a photo if you want to swop it so people can see what they are getting. Welcome to the forum.