UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons Hunting, Forestry, and Shooting Forum A Hirschfänger (Clauberg?)

Hello,
recently, I got this Hirschfänger. It was badly rusted, luckily no deeper rust scars, on blade and guard, unprofessionally sharpened and generally in a quite bad estate.
The previus owner told me, that it has been in the family since at least three generations, the owners were forest rangers and hunters and the Hirschfänger saw a lot of use.
Now I cleaned the iron guard, rayskin handle and hand sanded the blade to get rid of rust and sharpening scratches.
There is no makers mark on the blade, but I found two (luxury) Hirschfänger made by W.Clauberg with identical blades, although described as "damascus" blades.
Another Clauberg Hirschfänger with an identical rayskin handle and sheath.
So I think (and so the curator of the Solingen Klingenmuseum Mr. Wetzler) that this hanger comes from the same company.
When I saw the "Damascus" blade, I made a test etch on the tip and an interesting texture showed up, first I thought, it would be damascus as well, but a friend (steel expert) Mr. Achim Wirtz told me, it's puddle steel and so are the other W.Clauberg hangers I found on the internet.

Specs:
Blade 39,5cm with 6,8mm thickness
52,5cm overall

Here a video of the restaurated hanger

Mr. Wetzler says, it's probably from the mid 19th century.

Some pictures:








Here you can see the puddle steel grain


Here the Clauberg with identical rayskin handle and sheath (pictures from DG.de, Bonhams and Herman Historica)


and identical, although etched blades




Any additiona information is VERY welcome!!!

Regards
Nicolas

Very nice.Thanks for sharing.

It sure is! Great job restoring it.