The Fairbairn-Sykes isn’t some mall ninja fantasy blade—it’s the real deal, a whispering ghost of war meant for men who got dropped behind enemy lines and didn’t ask for backup.

The Navy SEALs asked Emerson to make a blade catcher that would “stop [an assailant’s] blade from sliding up the back of [a] knife and cutting [one’s] arm when in a one-on-one knife fight ... the ...

It was designated as the 1219C2 USMC fighting and utility knife in 1942, and was quickly put into production by Union Cutlery and several other companies. Wartime production of weapons and equipment ...

The letter did not call it a stabbing but described the incident, saying that there was a fight between two students in a locker room before classes started. A folding knife was used in the ...