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Anton Wingen Jr is in my opinion one the most interesting -but currently underestimated!- makers of HJ-knifes. There are-so many variations, that the HJ-knifes by Anton Wingen Jr can be a collecting objective on their own.

But why could he be the inventor of the HJ-knife?

- It is the only maker, who made early HJ-knifes before the appearance of the HJ motto "Blut und Ehre!"

- The very early "eagle heads" by Wingen, were actually fighting knifes (1st from left) , to whom the HJ-diamond was added into the obverse grip plate; via a rather rough cut-out (2nd from left) or via the famous Anton Wingen JR screwed rivet (3rd from left).

- Later, when the motto appeared, Wingen made another "eaglehead" variant, with the early "no ricasso" blade (4rd from left).

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Herman,


Great to see all these Anton Wingen jr knifes all together !

the early eagle head hjs are seldom seen & very hard to find as you know, thanks for showing smile



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Great informative thread Herman,thank you.
My favorite is the third from the left,just beautiful piece.

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Wow great collection of variants you have there


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Herman,

Thanks for all the excellent information, those are some great pictures. I love seeing all those early Wingen variants together.


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[quote=stingray]Great informative thread Herman,


Totally agree Ivan !



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Herman, a great, consistent collection and an idea worth to be tracked. Your thoughts and arguments sound very convincing.
Thank you for showing.
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Thank you fellow collectors, for the kind words!

Allow me to show some other interesting features about Anton Wingen Jr made HJ-knifes:

- This maker was (one of) the first to use only the RZM-code on mottoed knifes, starting as early as 1936!

- Starting 1936, the thin "no- ricasso" blades (4rd and 5th from the right) were still used, later in that same year, Wingen started to use the more robust blades with ricasso (3rd from the right).

- But in 1938, the knight logo was re-introduced in combination with the RZM code (1st from the right). This proofs that the so called "transitional period" actually never existed!

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Herman

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Great job Herman

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Very Interesting info Herman !


Thanks for showing your lovely Wingen hjs with a learning twist on the Transitional period subject, gets the brain thinking wink



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Ivan, Scott,

Thanks for your replies!

Here is the complete early Wingen set, note that many of these Anton Wingen JR HJ-knifes came with nicely anodized scabbards.

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Herman

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Hi Herman,


Wonderful sight to see all your Wingen knifes altogether !


Great learning thread, thanks smile



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No wonder i can't find any. Lol


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