Books seem to be your friends for life. Only as you get older do you realize how important they are to what you are collecting. They are not the final answer until you are holding in your hand and have within your sight, a knife, blade, dagger or whatever it is you are into collecting, but they are a true reference point than the word of mouth from a stranger. You only have to be stung a few times until you will realize how important it would have been to research the item you are collecting. How great it is to compare your purchase with a history of it in a book you own. That feeling alone will make you go on to enlarge your collection. Do not despair if what you have bought turns out to be incorrect as it will evaporate in the time machine you have entered.

The books, pamphlets and folders etc. that you are about to follow are references I have used for the collecting of Hunting and Forestry Daggers (Hirsch angers) over the years since 1966. If you see a title you are interested in you can probably find the article by using your Webb pages on book references. Please check the German Dagger.com listings first. TheGDC Book Store. They help make these forums possible.

Books on all types of daggers are endless. If you have any books on Hunting Daggers that you see I do not have please let me know the titles or if they are for sale.

My Webb Page: http://www.cashi.com/collection.htm

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Catalogues references. I have every catalogue that HERMANN'S has put out since they have been established.

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The next few photographs will show the importance of having a book reference to an expensive Hirschfanger. It is back up to the reference on the blade that show the existance of the owner and who he was. (That is if you can read German)

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Thank you for looking. I hope this all will help you get a in the book collecting part of daggers and bayonets.
Sincerely,
HUBERTUS

Owned a presentation sword Wittgenstein it is in the last series of the Johnson Imperial books (Army Swords) same family crest as in book..

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I was using these two for references and almost forgot them.

The large (English) Manfred Sachse Book on damascus steel is missing and I think it is a must have... Always for sale on e-bay...Regards: James

You need my new NPEA book: "Waffenleite presenting NPEA Daggers of the Third Reich"
Ron Weinand

Ralph, as usual, great selection of books. My moto has been if you cannot find a hunting dagger at a show, buy a book. I also find that some of the museums for Arms and Armour have decent reference books in their souviner shops. Thanks again for showing. I see a few I do not have, so something more to look for. James

A wonderful cross sectional library of very helpful & extensive references! It gives us great ideas of other sources for finding the missing photos and descriptions, which we often are looking to find. Thank you. Dave/dblmed

James, thank you for your input on the damasks book but as I am gathering up more of the books to try and keep them all together I see I already have it. Also thanks to Ron on his new LPEA book. I have so many tear sheets, catalogues and magazines on hunting pieces and bayonets it is difficult to keep it all confined to those two type of blades.

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Hubertus,
The high volume of reference books you have relates directly to your tremendous knowledge of the daggers and bayonets you have collected these many years. I hope that all your pictures
will encourage others with less experience to acquire a broader education of the "hobby" that all of us "in the hobby" deeply respect.

P.S. I especially liked picture #24

I Love This Stuff
Von Ryan

By any chance does someone have Manion's # 180 from 1996? Mike

Manion's #180...yes.

A great book reference from HERMANN�S current auction catalogue. It was posted October 5, 2008 on page 3 of the HOUSTON COATES FORM titled HIRSCHFANGER CLAMSHELLS.
It is a good feeling to be a collector and have a period Hirschfanger and then later be able to have information available to show the time period it was produced and some of the marking history plus a value at times. It is also great to have members come forward with information that help you classify your possession.
I believe all of the collectors enjoy the forums when they are used correctly. The German Daggers Forums are being used a lot more world wide now if you notice some of the locations given by some of the presenters. It is beneficial to take and make time to give a presentation of your collection.
Sincerely,
HUBERTUS

Great library you have there. Books are great, too bad they take up so much space.

Nice to see a swedish book in there also, "White arms of the Royal armoury" The Royal armoury has a great collection!

/David

HUBERTUS:THATS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE LIBARY I EVER SAW.I CANNOT IMPRESS APON THE NEWER COLLECTORS AND THE OLDER ONES THAT YOU MUST READ ALL THE BOOKS AND OTHER ARTICLES THAT YOU CAN.I HAVE BOOKS FROM THE 1960'S-2008.THEY HAVE SAVED ME MANY TIMES AND I HAVE HELPED MANY NOVICE COLLECTORS WITH INFO FROM THEM AS WELL AS MY HANDS ON KNOWLEDGE.MY WORDS ARE BUY THE BOOK BEFORE THE PIECE!!I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SINCE 1969 AND THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME OR ANYONE ELSE AN EXPERT.HERMANN-HISTORICA HAS THE FINEST CATALOGS EVER PUT OUT AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.JUST ADDING MY TWO CENTS FOR WHAT ITS WORTH.CARL D.