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Thank you for your comments, guys.

Yes, Allach squirrels, but they have many fine furry friends from other manufacturers. grin grin

John


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JohnZ #286412 08/15/2013 11:59 PM
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I heard some guy from Canada with a squirrel fetish was smuggling squirrels in from Texas eek


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Nope, not true, Tom.

In fact, you are only one of two squirrelly ones that I know in Texas, and I would never think of smuggling you into my fine country.

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JohnZ #286415 08/16/2013 04:28 AM
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John all kidding aside thanks for sharing your world class Eickhorn collection

Originally Posted By: JohnZ
Nope, not true, Tom.

In fact, you are only one of two squirrelly ones that I know in Texas, and I would never think of smuggling you into my fine country.

John


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JohnZ #296183 03/29/2014 01:57 PM
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Nice Eickhorns you have there. I have a transitional Eickhorn from 1939 (possible Marine dagger). I'll try to post some pics...just have to figure out how to do it.

eickhornmarine5.jpg (88.55 KB, 327 downloads)
eickhornmarine2.jpg (86.6 KB, 327 downloads)
eickhornmarine3.jpg (107.57 KB, 328 downloads)
eickhornmarine4.jpg (91.6 KB, 326 downloads)
eickhornmarine6.jpg (85.82 KB, 325 downloads)

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JohnZ #296419 04/06/2014 02:24 PM
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Ok, here are pics of My Transitional Eickhorn.

eickhornmarine5.jpg (88.55 KB, 261 downloads)
eickhornmarine2.jpg (86.6 KB, 260 downloads)
eickhornmarine3.jpg (107.57 KB, 263 downloads)
eickhornmarine4.jpg (91.6 KB, 261 downloads)

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So, I have a question for you Eickhorn fans out there.

The large serrated squirrel TM found on early Rohm daggers...the one with the squirrel over CE... are there two variations of this? One with no preiods, simply CE, and one with periods, C.E.?

Here is the one with no periods.

John

TM Lg Serrated Tail CE.JPG (39.75 KB, 199 downloads)

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JohnZ #303742 12/24/2014 07:43 PM
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John if you take some time and compare with the example below you will see the two marks are different the letters do not exactly match telling me that these were etched with two different templates. Not sure if that constitutes a variation but they are definitely different. cool

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I saw that Paul, but wasn't sure that the letter differences weren't only caused by a different slant of the blade on the two dagger pictures.

To my untutored and aging eyes, the two TMs do look different enough that I can call them TM variations.

Of course, you know what this means, don't you?

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JohnZ #303762 12/25/2014 05:58 PM
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John, Paul,

That is indeed very interesting and also new to me!

This means that there are 6 different maker marks by Eickhorn on their Röhm daggers... amazing!

Here is my large serrated: it has the "dotted C.E." mark.

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Better view:

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Here are all of the double oval TMs by Eickhorn that I have in my collection;

1 - off a full Rohm
2 - serrated tail over CE large
3 - serrated tail no CE small
4 - smooth tail over C.E. large on erased Rohm
5 - smooth tail over C.E. large
6 - smooth tail no CE small.

The one shown by Paul withe the C.E. is missing from my collection, but is on its way to me from Paul.

John

TM.JPG (56.07 KB, 263 downloads)
TM Lg Serrated Tail CE.JPG (39.75 KB, 262 downloads)
TM Sm Serrated Tail No CE.JPG (41.77 KB, 262 downloads)
TM.JPG (39.18 KB, 261 downloads)
TM Sm Smooth Tail CE.JPG (38.67 KB, 261 downloads)
TM Dbl Sm No CE Sm.JPG (41.18 KB, 262 downloads)
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JohnZ #303785 12/27/2014 06:44 PM
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Great Reference thread.

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My first arrival in 2015! And, you have seen this before in this thread.

Thank you, Paul at Lakesidetrader.com!

This is the early large double oval serrated tail squirrel over C.E. (that is the CE with periods).

This is the same mark as shown by Herman as well.

Only goes to show that all things come to he who waits.

John

Obverse.JPG (41.17 KB, 186 downloads)
Reverse.JPG (41.75 KB, 185 downloads)
Obverse Grip.JPG (38.95 KB, 186 downloads)
Obverse Blade.JPG (40.53 KB, 186 downloads)
Reverse Grip.JPG (39.88 KB, 186 downloads)
TM.JPG (40.68 KB, 185 downloads)
Obverse Pommel.JPG (40.45 KB, 184 downloads)
Obverse Grip Eagle.JPG (39.33 KB, 184 downloads)
Obverse Crossguard.JPG (38.53 KB, 185 downloads)
Reverse Crossguard.JPG (38.71 KB, 184 downloads)

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Great start of 2015, you made John!

Another super addition to the impressive collection.

Best regards,

Herman


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Nice find


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One of the best things about GDC and this hobby for me is the friendships that I have made over the years. Friends multiply my ability to find those great items to fill holes in my collection. So, along with big thanks to Serge M, Kevin R and Mat J, I have been able to finally find what I consider to be the rarest TM used by Eickhorn. No, it isn't the single oval, why, because there are multiple examples of the single oval in collections (sadly, not yet in mine), And, I know of only two examples of this mark, here and in a collection n the USA.

This is a transitional, which means that it has both the Eickhorn seated squirrel mark as well as the RZM 7/66 mark. What makes this so rare is that the date is 1940, where almost all 1940 dated Eicks use the RZM code only. The second rarity is the word 'Original' located over the squirrel.

Not mint, with a couple of dings in the edge of the scabbard and a few grey spots on the blade, this is a great and welcome addition to my Eickhorn collection.

J

Obverse.JPG (34.11 KB, 85 downloads)
Reverse.JPG (31.8 KB, 85 downloads)
Obverse Hilt.JPG (35.95 KB, 85 downloads)
Reverse Hilt.JPG (34.97 KB, 85 downloads)
Obverse Grip Insignia.JPG (36.17 KB, 85 downloads)
Obverse Etch.JPG (36.05 KB, 85 downloads)
Obverse Blade.JPG (36.54 KB, 85 downloads)
Reverse Blade.JPG (35.61 KB, 85 downloads)
TM.JPG (35.71 KB, 85 downloads)
TM 1940.JPG (35.89 KB, 85 downloads)

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Here are the five transitional TMs used by Eickhorn :

Transitional, no date, Original
1938 No Original
1938 Original
1939 No Original
1940 Original

Isn't this a great hobby?

John

TM Transitional.JPG (42.43 KB, 85 downloads)
TM.JPG (35.31 KB, 85 downloads)
TM Transitional 1938.JPG (40.89 KB, 85 downloads)
TM.JPG (36.04 KB, 85 downloads)
TM.JPG (35.71 KB, 86 downloads)

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Cool, John.

Thanks for showing. That 1940 is hard to find.

Dave

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Hello John ,

Yes a great hobby and an helpfull information for us ! ;-)

S+

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Great info John, your the goto man for Eickhorn


Regards Sean
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