Hello all ,

this topic to show you my poor experience in buying a "nice" NPEA on the net : externally all seemed OK but Inside :


an "house made" spring ... the dagger was soon sent back to the "Professional" in spite of a good blade and an original shape !

JL+

Who sold it to you? do you have any photos of the bad parts?

Hi Dave , this dagger was a proposal from a french seller on a local website . The scarboard was fully wrong (see the internal spring...) repainted , screw too short ... It was neither an Eickorn nor a Burgsmueller one.
The blade & the crosgards were however right (thanks to Ralf S. for his mail of confirmation).

Do you have more pics of the blade and guards?

Hi Kreta , pics of the guards are lost but were OK as per Ralf Siegert's message . The worst part was this runner spring probably made from a tin box , the blade was also correct :

Some SA daggers have runners like that. One or two long thin pieces that were attached to the throat by means of a slot cut in the throat, not by a rivet.

Worse news: The crossguards are not NPEA and the blade trademark is wrong for the nickel silver guards. I wonder if the blade was original at all and the felt buffer pad is too thick IMO.

Thanks friends for your opinions , I can then modify my title : "very bad experience" .

Happily for me the dagger has been returned to the seller ... but may be soon proposed on an european website ...

S.

Even with this small pic, i also doubt on this blade Ron.
@Seppi,perhaps he needs another reference book

Hello , before to close this post here a last pic refound on an other file :

thanks again for your attention = S+

If you wish, you may tell us the name of the seller.

Dave

Blade is bad,Euro laser. Tang marks are wrong, motto to crispy.

Please tell us the name of the seller.
This blade is bad (etching looks new)