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A fascinating thread here and most assuredly very educational and interesting. I have a very good understanding of what I collect but to be perfectly honest these fakes shown could easily fool someone not experienced in the more exotic. Not many collectors get the opportunity to examine such daggers in detail and therfore just raising awareness is extremely valuable.
I have not seen the TENO`s but these and the postal daggers are extremely convincing.
Many thanks for raising awareness!
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The thing I first noticed was the way the RZM circle extends beyond the flat surface of the blade . Also the depth and sharp lines of the motto . Gotta say I was on the fence until Serge chimed in . As usual. Good eye Serge.
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Seems to me, these fakes are BETTER than originals, i.e., crisper details on the mfg. etchings, straighter swaz on the eagle, and more. They're almost too good.
Very, very scary.
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I am glad I caught this thread, have been away from the hobby for a while. First thing I did was check mine, TG it was in agreement with the original. Just when you get a little overconfident something like this comes along to jar your ego. I guess you have to look very carefully at every piece. I have seen several HJL repros but none this good. You don't always have a good one to compare a potential purchase to though, and at HJL prices getting stuck would hurt.
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Is there lists on the forum for wearers of the Hj honor dagger? I have some from original sources and would post them if interest is there?
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Post away, Im sure we would all be interested Many Thanks Paul
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The thing I first noticed was the way the RZM circle extends beyond the flat surface of the blade . Also the depth and sharp lines of the motto . Gotta say I was on the fence until Serge chimed in . As usual. Good eye Serge. @ byf41: The RZM circle CAN extend (slightly) beyond the flat surface of the blade ALSO ON ORIGINAL BALDES/DAGGERS! This partially wrong (!) sign for fakes is spread since decades!!! This CAN happen by EICKHORN (single circle RZM which also CAN be within the flat surface) and does nearly always happen by H�RSTER (double circle RZM) daggers. At least what I could observe by the rare occasions to see an original dagger, what I have in my files and the few I do/did own. @Nork: Never have heard of such a list, it would be highly interesting to see it! Regards,
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Yes , I agree . What I was referring to was the way the circle on the dagger in question extends FURTHER beyond the flat than on the original .
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Can Den70 please post a picture of the scabbard throat on the fake compared to an original ?
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Very nice comparison photos. The fakes just keep getting better
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Gentleman Someone ask about the Spanish HJ Leader copies made way back when. I think this is one of them, acquired this many years ago back. It looks nice but not really comparable to a original so I don't think it will fool anyone except perhaps a beginner. Just another one to watch for. Thanks Mike
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Gentleman Just some more pic's of the Spanish HJ Leader. Please excuse the pictures,still working with a older dig. camera. Mike
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Hello, Can you confirm that this dagger HJ leader is a copy. I buy � 1350 and I'm afraid I made a stupidity. Thank you for your help PS: Sorry if I did not fully complied with the procedure Forum
HJ1.JPG (103.94 KB, 537 downloads) HJ1 HJ3.JPG (101.25 KB, 535 downloads) HJ3 HJ4.JPG (102.12 KB, 535 downloads) HJ4 HJ5.JPG (78.5 KB, 537 downloads) HJ5 HJ6.JPG (82.59 KB, 533 downloads) HJ6
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Continuation and end Thank you in advance
HJ2.JPG (96.22 KB, 532 downloads) HJ2 HJ7.JPG (84.57 KB, 531 downloads) HJ7 HJ8.JPG (82.92 KB, 530 downloads) HJ8
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sanglier88, first let me also welcome you to the forum. Concerning the HJ Leader�s dagger: Unfortunately you are right. It is one of the old fakes, artificially aged to convince. But there are a lot of features (eg. the pommel, the pommel emblem, the eagle emblem, material, etc etc) which make clear that it is a fake. Regards,
PS.: I already did write here an answer yesterday but due to unknown reasions it did disappear..
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Thank you very much for your answer. Now I'm set. I bought it in a shop near the Normandy landing beaches. The vendor looked honest. Now that I know I will learn your forum to be less naive. Best Regards
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Has anyone got a replica HJ leader for sale?
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Terry I have the Spanish copy posted above, think these were mad back in the late 19560s and a fairly good job to. It is for sale also. Mike
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Mr. Terry I also have a very good copy to sell
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Trademark. Pay attention to the substrate and the depth of etching. With almost perfect repetition of pattern stamps, you can see the difference in the technologies of etching.
left a copy, the original right.
In addition to this type of dagger, there are various copies of that I was able to compare in the my hands of the original daggers from the collections of the U.S. and Europe. It is very obvious the one on the left is laser etching...
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Let's stay a bit objective here and not stigmatize any collector groups: there are many serious Russian collectors and -believe me- if they would not have been at the shows during the past years, the prices would have dropped harder and the hobby would have suffered from it.
Let's be honest: many American and European collectors were on a very tight budget during the last years...
Also, when it comes to fakers: they are not from a particular nationality... think about the first and famous Mr Atwood as an example... and guys that used to post fakes here like �3-finger-louis��
Let me repeat that Den's contribution to the forum with this topic is very important, I wish that there were more post like this one!
Best regards,
Herman I'm in agreement with Herman. It's posts like this one that will help collectors from becoming victims of the scammers that are out there try to pass off junk as period collectible items. FP Your attention to the skin of the sheath! Over time, the skin on the original shell dries.As seen in the right photo. In fakes, the skin tightly adheres to the devices of the scabbard .
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Sergei, you are absolutely right. Unfortunately, these daggers appeared 6-8 years ago. Their quantity and variety of models is impressive. It's hard to trace daggers without a number to understand that their quantity. But in the case of the TENO and POST is easy. And if Russia deal with them. So at the moment because of the crisis and other reasons, many of these fakes are sold in America and Europe. The main advocates of these items have often themselves and sell them, and their prices are lower than in America and Europe Den, Very solid evidence you presented in a clear and simple detailed manner.- THANK YOU ! I am told that these daggers are called 'Belarus daggers' because they seem to originate from Belarus. Then others say no, they are from St. Petersburg. Do you know who makes them ? Somebody must have 'talked' by now. The 55cm Henckels -you know about that one too? I have to admit that this HJ Leader is a very good copy...but we can still tell but you need to know your 'stuff' and look very closly. -serge- These daggers are very well made in Poland and Lithuania. In Russia they are not produced, maybe there is no experience . But they were sold to Russia from the Soviet bloc..Then the world.
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