William E. Fairbairn
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Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn was a British soldier and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the Shanghai Police during the interwar period, as well as for the All
Fairbairn in 1942
OSS Schools and Training Headquarters Staff, 1945 XMAS Card LTC Fairbairn second from the left in third row.
Smatchet
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A smatchet is a short, heavy fighting knife 16.5 inches in overall length. It was designed by William E. Fairbairn during World War II.
William E. Fairbairn
…used by British special forces in the Second World War, and featured in his textbook Scientific Self-Defence. Fairbairn also designed the lesser known smatchet, and collaborated on the design of several other combat knife designs. Defendu, first published in 1926 in Shanghai by the North China Daily News…
Smatchet lodged in wood