The X Dagger takes it name from the style of dagger purportedly carried by the perimeter sentries of Camp X.
Located on the shores of Lake Ontario in Canada, Camp X was the training ground for for the OSS, SOE, BSC plus a number of other clandestine organisations. Lieutenant-Colonel Fairbairn was the most experienced person at that time in the art of "silent killing".
They were worn on the inside of the trousers suspendered from the button used to attach braces (suspenders).
This knife is one of the few designs that fall into the X Dagger category. Other designs feature a 3" "S" guard.
The blade is 71/2" long with a rapid taper to a needle point tip with a u
nique ricasso grind.
The guard is the oval type found on Pattern 2 F/S knives but 23/5" long with a thumb recess on both sides.
The handle is the standard F/S "coke bottle" shape with diamond knurling.