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#349066 04/08/2021 10:01 PM
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Hello can someone tell me how many different length HJ's there, Thanks Regards nats

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Hello Nats,

The HJ-knife was standardized as early as 1933 and its length was set at 25 cm.

Only the very early examples will be a bid longer: the so called "eagle-heads" and the Carl Wüsthof so called "honor" knifes.

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Herman


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Hi Herman, Thanks for the infomation, Regards nats

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Herman,

As you know, I'm a detail man. Is the 25 cm the knife only ... or the knife in the scabbard ?

Dave

PS, everyone: There are many small details like this of the daggers we collect that are increasingly important as the fakers get better

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Hi Dave,

That is an excellent question.

Actually, after measuring several standard HJ-knifes: the knife alone measures 24,5 cm and inserted in its scabbard 25,5 cm. With a variation of +/- 0,2 cm between different makers.

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Herman


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hello, is this chart correct for early HJ knife diamonds?

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