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My 4th Eickhorn fighting knife is this back to back squirrel variation.
Here it is... do you think the blade has been worked on...
John
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Hi John the blade has been tipped and buffed Also the grips look to be replacements & the scabbard clip
Regards Sean
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I was not too concerned about the retipping and the buffing... I collect these by Eickhorn maker mark variation and this is one mark that I am missing. I could live with the two things and have this as a placeholder until a better version came along.
But, I do not think I can live with the replaced grips and the scabbard repair as well.
Thank you for pointing these out to me.
John
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Glad to help John, its a shame when items like these get messed about but i'm sure you will find another one.
Regards Sean
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Here is my latest. When I saw it on Tom Wittmann's site, two things stuck out to me: the stage grips and a different back to back maker mark.
Once I received it, I also noticed that the hilt is slightly larger and heavier than the other back to back squirrel knife that I already own and that this one has the stud button and the mortise key.
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Here are the two versions of the mark.
The first one is this new one, the second is the other maker mark in my collection.
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John that is a superb find it's got everything going for it well done
Regards Sean
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John,,is that a functioning bayo stud button? I had the same with a working button but wood handles,,just sold it at the last MAX.. I like this stag version,,congrats..
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Yes, G, it is a functioning stud button.
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Here is my latest arrival, an Eickhorn fighting knife with the 42 over shoulder maker mark.
Do you see any issues?
John
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hi john z congrats man they dont come any betterr then your Eickhorn fighting knife the condition is a killer best of luck god bless andy militarynut
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I'm afraid i see an issue with this " it's not in my collection "
seriously that is superb well done
Regards Sean
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