Translate German to English - Click here to open Altavista's Babel Fish Translator Click here to learn about all those symbols by people's names.

leftlogo.jpg (20709 bytes)

Upgrade to Premium Membership

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 40
N
norg Offline OP
OP Offline
N
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 40
Good day!
I would like any opinions about this dagger. Good or fake? Thank you.

746.jpg (14.35 KB, 313 downloads)
748.jpg (20.73 KB, 314 downloads)
750.jpg (41.56 KB, 315 downloads)
752.jpg (25.96 KB, 313 downloads)
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 40
N
norg Offline OP
OP Offline
N
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 40
more photos

753.jpg (29.83 KB, 313 downloads)
754.jpg (20.8 KB, 312 downloads)
755.jpg (34.54 KB, 312 downloads)
756.jpg (32.45 KB, 310 downloads)
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 3,023
Likes: 1
Offline
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 3,023
Likes: 1
Only made by Eickhorn

Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 40
N
norg Offline OP
OP Offline
N
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 40
Originally Posted by lakesidetrader
Only made by Eickhorn

So this is fake?

Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,609
Likes: 8
Offline
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,609
Likes: 8
Yes it is


Regards Sean
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,002
Likes: 29
Offline
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,002
Likes: 29
Hello gents, the fact that this dagger is -only- shown in the EICKHORN list does imho in no way say that only EICKHORN did produce this dagger. Unfortunately we do know VERY few about this dagger and its production.
BUT due to several details which I do not want to publish because of the faker crooks it is my personal opinion too that this dagger is a fake. At least certain parts of it, married with original army dagger parts.
Regards,


wotan, gd.c-b#105

"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 4,274
Offline
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 4,274
Likewise just some parts IMO, the topic a problematic one that has been discussed for years - aside from a catalog listing very little if any period information has surfaced for the purposes of corroboration. Best Regards, Fred

Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 780
Likes: 26
E
Offline
E
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 780
Likes: 26
Why is it that a lot of daggers ( still today ) get put together with the blade reversed ???
Seems this would be a easy thing to research.
Ed

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,002
Likes: 29
Offline
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,002
Likes: 29
Hello ed773, there is no rule where the mm has been put originally. I did get army daggers directly out of the family fom the former wearer and they did come both directions. Even more I am convinced that a lot of blades which had the mm originally at he front has been turned by overzealous "collectors" and dealers. I am personally sure that at the beginning the makers tried to place their mm at prominent place, therefore at the front. When it was noticed that the mm was covered mainly by the swaz most but not all started to put it on the reverse.
Just my observations, experience and opinion.
Regards,


wotan, gd.c-b#105

"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 780
Likes: 26
E
Offline
E
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 780
Likes: 26
Woton
Thanks for the info. I would think the original makers mew right off the MM was hid behind the guard. I mostly shy away from a dagger that can come apart easy.
We will never really know a lot about how things were done back then. I look at all the personalized daggers that appear the Officer scratched his initials with a nail. when all he had to do was walk to a jeweler and have it done right. I'll bet most jewelers in Germany and other countries would do it for free, or the outcome for them would not be good.
They made millions of blades, how could they all be the same. And YES, too many daggers have been taken apart, I have seen it done many times at shows I have bin at.
Take care, and thanks for the info
Ed

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,002
Likes: 29
Offline
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,002
Likes: 29
Hello ed773, you are welcome! We have to keep in mind that not any monogram imho was done for free. If you do study period price lists you can see that eg. etching was calculate per letter. Engraving is a costly skill until now, mostly done by hand and by skilled men. The daggers itself were not cheap in regard of the income of the time. At these times there was the big economic crisis. I too own and have seen daggers with poorly done monograms, nevertheless these are individual signs and signs of the individual who once did own the dagger.
All the best to you, regards,


wotan, gd.c-b#105

"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 4,917
Likes: 5
Offline
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 4,917
Likes: 5
I will not say the dagger is good or bad, but I can say that the crossguard on this piece IS the proper one for this model dagger.


MAX CHARTER MEMBER

LIFE MEMBER OVMS

Link Copied to Clipboard
Popular Topics(Views)
2,261,472 SS Bayonets
1,760,277 Teno Insignia Set
1,128,740 westwall rings
Latest New Threads
Luftwaffe Swords
by Tanker - 03/27/2024 07:29 PM
Paul Weyersberg Heer
by Tanker - 03/27/2024 07:13 PM
HJ Fahrtenmesser,
by OWN - 03/27/2024 07:05 PM
Wir fahren gegen Engelland - Battle of Britain
by Stephen - 03/27/2024 10:06 AM
Hiddensee brooch
by benten - 03/24/2024 04:13 PM
Latest New Posts
Wir fahren gegen Engelland - Battle of Britain
by Gaspare - 03/28/2024 12:34 AM
Paul Weyersberg Heer
by Tanker - 03/27/2024 11:30 PM
Luftwaffe Swords
by Tanker - 03/27/2024 07:29 PM
HJ Fahrtenmesser,
by OWN - 03/27/2024 07:05 PM
Frog question.
by Dutchman - 03/27/2024 03:27 PM
Forum Statistics
Forums42
Topics31,652
Posts328,702
Members7,501
Most Online5,900
Dec 19th, 2019
Who's Online Now
6 members (AndyRose, Documentalist, Tanker, Seppi, Nietzsche, benten), 462 guests, and 61 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5