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Hi,
I have an Eickhorn army dagger that I am looking to move, but it has a Holler crossguard. I am not a dagger guy so when I bought it i did not pay thatmuch attention to that aspect of it. My quetion is do I replace the Holler with a correct eickhorn crossguard or leave it as is when I sell it? Would changing the crossguard alter my asking price significantly since it would be a "complete" eickhorn? I'm just looking to move this as I don't collect daggers.
Greg
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Sounds like a victim of the parts swapping that went on in the early days of the hobby. I would sell it as is or perhaps part it out. Could the dagger have come from Eickhorn with a holler crossguard? Maybe but doubt it not an acceptable combination at least to me.
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That5 was my thought too but I don't know why Eickhorn being such a large firm, end up using another manufacture crossguard. My gues snow is that possibly the crossguard was de-naizfied and was replaced with what ever the GI or who ever replaced it. Everything else matchs on the dagger wearwise so i doubt it to be a true "parts dagger".
Greg
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EICKHORN due to my experiences has had near contacts to at least WKC and HÖRSTER and these firms for sure did switch parts during the period. I have not seen a combination EICKHORN/HÖLLER up to now but who knows. In my opinion period switching of parts was much more common (especially during the later years) than we would expect. I personally would not blame all those parts-of-other-firms only to post war switching (which without any doubt also occurs). Just my thoughts.
wotan, gd.c-b#105
"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
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I thought to remember having seen an equivalent recently.Currently Gailen David GDM-MILITARIA is offering an EICKHORN with what seems to me beeing a HÖLlER crossguard. Looks to be totally legit.
Greg Domian1 , I wouldn´t change ANYTHING on your dagger!
PICS ARE FROM THE GDM WEBSITE!!!!
wotan, gd.c-b#105
"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
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Crossguard (PIC IS FROM GDM!!!)
wotan, gd.c-b#105
"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
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Makersmark (PIC IS FROM GDM!!!)
wotan, gd.c-b#105
"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
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I saw this Eickhorn piece too with Holler Xguard on Gailen's Site. This isn't the first time I have seen this combination. The piece that seems to be out of place here is the blade... the rest of the fittings look Holler.
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Without mentioning anyone's name in association with this, it's a parts dagger. I'd be saying the same thing if the fittings were Pack or Horster or Alcoso.....and as Fitzer states, the blade is "out of place"... 
" Always interested in Aluminum fitted, rare, and superbly conditioned Army daggers." DJ Roach
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