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Hello friends, here is a recent find and addition to my collection. ACS Heer with the hard to find second type guard. Brass based hilt fittings, steel scabbard, and the first example I have seen with a slant grip! Hope you enjoy, comments invited and like to see your examples with this guard, especially if it's a slant!  Kevin.
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That is a truely wonderful looking dagger. The slant grip is the icing of the cake. Congratulations to this find!
Regards,
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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Great find, Kevin.
I am looking for this TM on a Luft2...who knows?
John
Always looking for Eickhorns and etched bayonets.
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You never know John..I would think by mid to late 36' Alcoso was done using this MM on large but some left over stock could have showed up and been used? It would be a tapered tang Luft 2nd though! Kevin.
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Kevin,another beautiful early gem,congrats
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Kevin wonderful early Alcoso you have to love this Type -2 really a beautiful bird. You know what a hard guard this is to find but to get one with a slant what a bonus. Congratulations on a super addition to your collection condition and rarity a combination we all hope for. Your pictures look great as well !
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Hi Kevin I have a type 2 crossguard Alcoso but mine is not maker marked but instead has the distributor Albert Kuhl Munster I/W -Essen. Wittmann has one exactly the same on his web site at the moment.
All I need to finish my Alcoso Armies is a 1st pattern crossguard Army dagger.
Cheers John
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Very nice dagger Kevin. Congrats.
Regards, Oleg.
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Kevin,
congrats, it is a beautiful dagger. 2nd type ALCOSO crossguard is not easy to find, especially with slant grip! And the condition is perfect.
Very nice find.
Janos
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