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Wusthof used both a smaller trademark and the standard sized trademark for their Rohm inscription daggers.

and of course your opinion/theory is yours........... I have to laugh when I seen how this dagger hobby has "progressed" since i entered in 1982.......everything now is a science measuring and weighing medals knights crossed x-raying camo paint depth on German helmets and over anal lyzing Heer daggers yes hundreds if not 1000s of dagger scabbards were switched by the vets bringing them back and many swapped by dealers and just maybe many were changed during the period or left the factory that way to cancel/eliminate all or some because again, it does not conform to known textbook theories does not always serve the collecting community just look at SS Honor rings and the farce that has become theories on how they were made are differing and controversial... now even touted "experts" are accused of authenticating fakes and denouncing good enjoy it for what it is gentlemen a hobby respect to all cheers and best apologies if anyone was remotely offended

crap...

Hi and thank you for the answer ,
Now I need time to read all the information! !

You guys missed the Eickhorn scabbard

Ger

Hi Dutchman,

It's a very nice piece, but not the same pin as the one that I posted. It's not for the RADwJ, but the male version for the RAD. It's a so called Erinnerungsnadel or Commemorative pin, also known as the RAD Honour pin.

Note on this version that the heads of the wheat stay within the red border, whearas on the one that I show they go right to the edge of the badge.... The manufacturer was Brüder Schneider Wien.

Hi All,

Looking for opinions on condition and authenticity of this 17th century German hunting dagger.

It looks like there is a pinkish makers mark, is this a recognizable? The silver inlay looks like initials, would that imply it was custom made? What is a reasonable price to pay when buying something like this from a dealer?

Thanks!

I agree with Benten : There are no such engravings, in this matter there is a rule for creating letters, but here it is not done correctly

I agree that the Klaas etch of the posted bayonet was not very well executed.

But: there are original Klaas etched bayonets that have the spanner rivets in the hilt, which we generally only associate with Pack products!

Good ole Ringman! miss him.. He went to fast, to hard.. Spent too fast without asking around first etc.. He crashed and burned. Had a few nice rings and those good ones recouped his money he spent on all the BS pieces in the end,,,,he got very lucky!.

OK so it is the same pattern as his. It is old,,,but is it WW2 old. I'd say 99% would say its junk. Same ring? I've been going back and forth checking, comparing... I looks like the same ring but beat up more... Ringman had the habit of wearing his rings! Wear one for a couple weeks, then change to another.. Being a mechanic your hands take a beating. One of the most dangerous things you can do when a mechanic is wear a ring!!

So its a poorly cast ring,,,with a poorly cast sports eagle.. - More than likely something postwar.. If you like it,,keep it, why not.. everyone has a couple 'iffy' rings. I have 2 and they don't have swastikas thankfully,,,so I wear them!

Hello Damast,

Thank you for posting these very interesting pictures from your period catalogs here on the forum!

I agree that the term "DJ knife" did not exist during the period, the only official knife being the HJ-knife for both HJ and DJ members.

So these limited size knifes must have been private offerings, that concerned parents bought for their smaller kids in stead of the official HJ-knife.

The Anton Wingen Jr version had an extra safety compared to the Klaas, being the blunt blade tip. Some collectors call it the "Wingen butter knife".

I do not have one like that in my collection: I only saw one once online for sale.

So I don't know the exact size of this type of knife, compared to the standard HJ-knife.

It would be great to see a picture of this special knife, next to a standard HJ-knife.

Best regards,

Herman

Great job on the close up images. Well photographed.

--dj--Joe U.S.M.C.

That is correct: re blued scabbard and a atypical (too dark) grip for an early Klaas SS.

Hello, can someone supply a few pix of a Luft. Ground assault badge maker marked L/11? W. Deumer Lüdenscheid. Thanks Dutchman.

I thought that I would dig out a couple of my more obscure badges & pins....

Here's the first one, an honour badge marked Silber 800 for the Reichsfachausschuß (RFA) which was part of the Reichsverband Deutscher Kleintierzüchter (RDKl)...

Interesting that this athlete kept his spectacles on while vaulting the horse at the 15th Deutsches Turnfest...

Stephen,

Wow! Nice rings!

I used the zoom on the original photo of the back of the sheath on the above F. DULA and it showed intact stitching, no problem with the sheath.

Then I went back to page two of this thread and noticed this is one of Baz69 (Gary's) F. DULA sets.

As Gary has stated about the above example on page two of this thread on 23 Dec. 2014: " The piece on the left is another early piece with a great blade dedication on both the main knife and skinner."

Hello, I just picked up this EK2 maker marked 333 any info. on the maker? Thanks Dutchman.

Thanks a lot to everyone for your answers. Now I understand everything about this knife.

The swastika is perfect this is just another example of where people chime in with a far fetched opinion and potentially damage an otherwise perfect and textbook item amateurish and silly really sad longevity in the hobby does not always translate to knowledge cheers, Ryan

Both dagger and hanger are perfect examples..... the vertical is especially nice great pic up congrats cheers and best, Ryan

Those are cool Gaspare. They look very small so maybe they were on a woman's jacket. Or maybe a cardigan?

just looking at the cigg case,,,,,I like the weird stuff.. When I was going 'picking' in East Europe 99% of the cigarette cases were bad..... The one shown here in the case... I checked that inside and out very good. There is an engraving inside, but he only showed a part of it.. The engraving, the way the 2 badges were affixed everything was good...

When we checked into it more the case was to a WW1 German veteran who had become an early nazi party member/supporter.... Should have bought that!! Coulda, woulda, shoulda as they say!!