Sergy,
As experienced collectors know a line drawing in a catalogue is hardly the definition to use for identification. Please remember that variation is common during these times and uniformity and mass production was not a part of the process. These daggers show variation as they each are hand crafted by artisans and each one has variation. I honestly have never seen two alike in all of my collecting years.
1) This is a custom scabbard, not standard as shown in the catalogue. All makers offered this option and there are many, many variations. This is a topic in itself.
2) See opening comment
3) That is not what I see. Remainder of guilting is clearly evident.
4) Looks like damascus to me. What is it that makes you think otherwise?
Dealing with Imperial Navy daggers is not the same as Third Reich. There are many good references by Johnson, WIttmann and Hampe on Imperial Naval Edged weapons. It took me a great while to really learn this topic and I am still learning today, 15 years later. I suggest you handle as many genuine pieces as possible to get a feel for them.
Rick
Last edited by stratocaster3; 08/21/2014 01:30 PM.
