UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons SA & NSKK Dagger Forum David Malsch Tiger stripe grip

Just aquired this gem, rare David Malsch with beautiful Tiger striped grip.

beautiful grip hard to find these days and always popular cheers and best, Ryan

Hate to say it but that grip appears to have candle striping. I have been seeing more of these lately.

Hello Skyline can you elaborate? Thanks, Ryan

Ryan... IMO the tiger stripe is not natural. It has been applied using the heat of a candle to scorch the wood. Do you see the grain pattern of the wood? See how it flows vertically around the grip eagle? I have a David Malsch with the same wood grain... but no post war applied candle stripes. They are doing this in Europe to increase the value of a piece.

Here is mine...

If you want to see what real "tiger striping" looks like, check out this Wittmann video, first dagger in. An SA high leader chained dagger: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...A86708842E3CC46545AFA86708&FORM=VIRE

Skyline Dive seems to be full on the spot. If you look at the grip you can recognize the stripe 1 is faint and only half and the stripes are totally missed within the region of the eagle.

Here is my true tiger striped early SSwith "septum". Funnily it is more emphasized when done with flash.
Regards,

The dagger was sourced in the US, not europe. ?

Hello AfterMath, I think EACH of theese daggers does have it´s true origin in Germany .
Regards,

Beautiful dagger Skyline I was NOT aware of this cheers, Ryan

Often grain and "tiger stripes" are confused in my opinion:

- Grain is a difference in color in the wood.

- While "tiger stripes" are the reflection of light by the wood: they appear to move when you rotate the grip. The reflection is stronger, the more light you use.

Here are a couple examples of "tiger stripes" of 2 SA grips, each shown in different lights.

And an example of grain:

I noticed that if you look at these stripes in the dark under a lamp, you can see them along their entire length.

Here is the same grip under different lighting angles

I recognize that some "tiger striped" SA grips are real. As Herman stated, the real ones look almost translucent and they shift as you move them under light. The fake ones do not. I have seen a video of this being done with a candle and cannot now locate it. But here is a video on applying fake tiger stripes on a guitar using a torch... same process, different tools. This should give you an idea of what can be done to a dagger grip.

I had a jaw dropping tiger stripe SA, always regretted selling it, might be pics of it on this forum by me and the new owner.

Would it be this one?

https://forum.germandaggers.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=230773&page=1