Webley MKIV and Knife

[pitfighter]

Webley MKIV .38 marked for Shanghai Police Force (SPF)
With holster.

Absolutely spectacular (late WWII) 3rd pattern Fairbairn Sykes commando Dagger.
I have simply not seen a FS dagger blade in this condition before.

Mills No.36 Grenade.

1942 printing of Get Tough! Written by William E. Fairbairn
Cover embossed under dust jacket: Major WE Fairbairn

WE Fairbairn had been an Officer with the Shanghai Police Force prior to WW2, it was here he developed a lot of his unarmed combat and shooting techniques and also where the famous knife was conceived.

[TCarr]

Awesome rig and accessories. Would look great in a display case.

[Subotai]

Nice!

[C&Rtrader]

very cool setup.

[sealocan]

Extremely nice matching set, including the book on how to do it yourself!

And thank you once again pitfighter for sharing with us all a nicely photographed selection of your collection.

[pitfighter]

cheers lads.

It's a dainty little wheel gun with a nifty safety catch.
Nicer finish than most of the Webley/Enfield MKIV's you run into.

The book is a first edition, which is surprisingly difficult to find, his "rank" increased in the subsequent re-printings.

The dagger's guard looks warped in this pics, trick of the phones optics, it's straight. (But I did go and check after looking at the pics, lol.)

[Sauermonkey]

Thats a great collection that appears to be a ww 2 US Navy Victory revolver holster you have the webley in? similar to the one in this picture. Enjoy your new .455 rounds. regards.

[pitfighter]

[QUOTE=Sauermonkey;

Thats a great collection that appears to be a ww 2 US Navy Victory revolver holster you have the webley in? similar to the one in this picture. Enjoy your new .455 rounds. regards.[/QUOTE]

Yes, sir, the .455 rounds are in another post, looking good with this Webley's big brother!

That's a cool USN set-up, I do like the S&W Victory model revolvers.

Yes, that holster looks exactly like this one, I don't really know what set-up a Shanghai Police Officer might use, probably a British Sam Browne style, or a canvas military holster.

[armenjs802]

I am jealous. Very nice.

[jigenax]

Sweet! Love that Mills!

[pitfighter]

Sweet! Love that Mills!

Funnily enough, took a long time to find one I liked for a reasonable price.

In the UK they are everywhere, great looking deactivated grenades. I've brought a lot of interesting things back from the UK over the years, but putting a dummy grenade in my luggage just isn't something I am ready to risk, lol.

[pitfighter]

So, a sad discovery here I am sad to say, the SPF is a myth perpetrated by salesmen -
SPF is Singapore Police Force, not Shanghai Police Force, so entirely a rather less glamorous and less interesting lineage and absolutely nothing to do with William Fairbairn or his knife.

Oh well, lol!

I post here to help educate future Webley SPF revolver collectors from making the same mistake, as this page pops up on google searches for Shanghai Fairbairn etc., and I want no part in propagating a salesman's tactic.

[SVT-40]

So, a sad discovery here I am sad to say, the SPF is a myth perpetrated by salesmen -
SPF is Singapore Police Force, not Shanghai Police Force, so entirely a rather less glamorous and less interesting lineage and absolutely nothing to do with William Fairbairn or his knife.

Oh well, lol!

I post here to help educate future Webley SPF revolver collectors from making the same mistake, as this page pops up on google searches for Shanghai Fairbairn etc., and I want no part in propagating a salesman's tactic.

Interesting! But it's good to uncover the actual lineage!