I recently bought this partially erased Rohm, and would like some expert views on it.
The dagger has a nice light wooden grip, not quite a blonde, but still nice. Both sets of crossguards fit tight and show signs of dirt and verdi gres.
Pommel is tight with no spanner marks. SA button and grip eagle are perfect.
Lower crossguard is Gau marked 'He'.
The front of the blade is nice with around 95% crossgrain, 99% burnishing in the motto. There is slight greying and the usual in out marks, but altogether a nice looking front.
The reverse is also nice with around 80% crossgraining. The Rohm name has been crudely erased/filed off, leaving signs of the top of the letters of the name. This erasing has also slightly caught the end of the dedication, and top of the markers mark, which is EP&S.
I know there are fake version of EP&S but i cant remember what the obvious signs are. Isnt a small '&' a sign of a fake? This is hard to see on this piece though as the erasing has gone through the '&'.
The scabbard also has a slight gap of around 1mm where it meets with the crossguard, however only on the front. There is a slight gap on the reverse but only on one side. See the pictures below.
Signs of scabbard anodizing and lacquer are visible front and back, with some slight rusting to the front.
So, can people please give there views on the maker mark, the dedication and the slight gap in scabbard to crossguard fit.
Any views on this dagger would be much appriciated.
Thanks
LDR
