UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons SA & NSKK Dagger Forum Commonality Vs. Scarcity NSKK Question

Friends-
Question for ya'. I'm not much of an SA/NSKK collector....never have been. I've always flipped SA pieces I've acquired, with the exception of 1 or 2 pieces I chose to keep over the last 15 or so years. About 8 years ago I decided to keep a early Christainswerk NSKK dagger.

Question, how common or how scarce are the early marke Christianswerk pieces? I've decided to get rid of this piece and am trying to formulate a fair value for a private collector to collector sale. Interested in selling the piece at a fair going rate. I havn' sold an SA in a few years and havn't been current with prices. As such, i'm trying to formulate an honest asking price and knowing the commonality vs. scarctiy of the piece should be a dimension in formulating an asking price.

Thank you in advance,
Tommy "gun"

Hey Tommy, these are good questions to ask , but as far as the common and scarcity the Christainswerk maker is very common being on a scale McSAAR rating #4 out of 10 which is the least common. So yes the rarity of the maker is very desirable but it is the condition that will get the price you are looking for so without seeing photos of the dagger no one can give you a good honest price but maybe a ball park figure. IMO Condition should be a formulation first. A severely smashed and undriveable Porsche should not be considered a money maker because of its name,, if the condition is bad. If you can please post some photos, so we can help. Larry

Sieg-
Thank you for your response.

I typically won't publicly answer value questions on the forums with respect to the specialized sub-genre of the hobby which I enjoy collecting by virtue of hurt feelings of members in the past. As such, I don't want to be a hypocrite and won't publicly ask either. If you have a solid idea on fair market value, I would be indebted if you could PM me on the piece.

The piece rates excellent all around, with exception to the condition of the burnishing. For some reason, the burninsh wore off the piece. It doesn't show evidence that some owner along the way pollished it as the blades crossgraining is quite intact. Perhaps the scabbard runners or perhaps someone had taken some sort of chemical agent to the blade, while not abrassive, might have removed the blade's burnishing. Grip rates NM, crossguard gau stamped Nrh as we often see on this makers crossguard, SA and NS eagle are in great shape, and all around a very nice dagger....other than the burnishing.

Don't we know someone who was a former member who was quite creative with burnishing restoration ?

Anyway, i've attached a couple pics illustrating the piece.

Thanks again,
Tomo

Burnishing leaves something to be desired as you can see.

Last attachment.

Tom

Hello, pitty, that the blade was heavily polished. I think, you wont get much money for such a blade.

Best, Lukas.

That blade was aggressively cleaned and that is why there is no burnishing and why the crossgrain looks thin and scratchy. Otherwise the dagger looks in top shape. Sorry to be negative.

Best,
Dave

gentleman,
Thank you for the information. It's much appreciated.

Tom

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would be suppriced if this piece goes over 550