puregoldplating.co.uk » gold plated knife http://puregoldplating.co.uk Gold plating and silver plating kits, equipment, machine, business, training. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:07:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Gold Plated SAS Knife http://puregoldplating.co.uk/gold-plated-sas-knife http://puregoldplating.co.uk/gold-plated-sas-knife#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:50:50 +0000 Pure Gold Plating http://puregoldplating.co.uk/?p=94 The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife pictured below shows the typical before and after images of the type of work we can do and the finish we can achieve. The image below shows the knife prior to stripping, polishing and electroplating.

The following image shows the completed knife which has had the blade thick nickel plated with a 24 carat gold plated grip.

The knife is double-edged with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai before World War II. This was made famous during the War when issued to British commandos, including the SAS. The knife is so symbolic of British Commandos that a solid gold Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is part of the commandos’ memorial at Westminster Abbey. The knife features in the insignia of the Dutch Commando Corps, founded in the UK during WWII, the Australian 2nd Commando Regiment, and also the British Royal Marines.


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