What is a smatchet knife?
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What is a smatchet knife?
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A Smatchet is a type of leaf-bladed knife initially designed by W E Fairbairn, who also designed the Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Dagger.
The WWII version was heavy and I think it had a single edge.
According to an article I read back in the early 1990s the name came from combining the words sword, machete, and hatchet, the tools and weapons it was intended to replace.
A later WWII version was called the “Fair Sword.”
Eventually Rex Applegate designed the Applegate-Fairbairn Smatchet which is a lightweight double-edged chopping knife. There is a small hole one one side so the user can distinguish between each side in case he wants to use one side and keep the other side sharp for emergencies.
I have the standard version of the Applegate-Fairbairn Smatchet made by Boker.
Reproductions of the original Smatchet and the Fair Sword are available and Cold Steel also made a Smatchet Machete which is a machete shaped like a Smatchet.
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