UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons SA & NSKK Dagger Forum My SA High Leaders Dagger

Pat:

But, in hindsight, probably holding their own better than houses in most regions of our two countries.

Pat, the two countries are Canada and USA, not Canada and Quebec

But, like houses, when it comes time to sell, one needs to find a willing buyer.

Mongo: It is great to see that your fantastic dagger has found a loving home. Congratulations.

John

take a look at this High Leader SA on a Russian Web side. The price is 43 grands. Any opinions apart that is not worth that money?
http://ww2.ru/store/element.ph...167&ELEMENT_ID=19319

A few little things come to mind here for me, I own one but am no experet. I would say they are more general observations.

1. The leather does not look like mine, maybe it has been re covered or perhaps it is different on the later ones?.
2. The connecting chain from the scabbard has two big rings, on the few examples of the later Eickhorn ones I have seen they normally just have one big ring before it connects to the little chain loops but I have not seen pictures with this trademark on.
3. Not very sure what has been going on with the blade where it meets the lower crossguard seems to curve in for some reason.
4. Poor grip fit but the shape seems right so it is probably just shrinkage.
5. makers mark, I cant remember off hand if they made these with that trade mark? normally they are small double oval or over the shoulder Eickhorn. At work and without looking in the books I just cant remember!.
6. On the crossguards on mine the detail is slightly worse on the reverse, this has been caused by rubbing during normal wear. On this example it is the same both sides.

Ask for some internal pics of the crossguards tang and grip.

I noticed that another auction of daggers by this company has one of the RARE SA Honor Daggers by Horster. From the photos, it appears to be a great REAL one and compares to the other known examples of this type.
Ron Weinand
PS: has anyone ever done business with this company?

What this one http://ww2.ru/store/element.ph...167&ELEMENT_ID=18432

Can you make out who it was given to on the blade, the one in the Johnson book is ground out.

37K though

If you click on the photo, it becomes larger and you can read the man's name and at the end of the ribbon you can see the SA unit. It would be a researchable piece.
For those who have my Waffenleite NPEA Book, in the presentation section you can see the same style honor crossguards on the Horster presentation NPEAs I show detail photos of in my work.
Ron Weinand

The reaserch was done on the piece and completed. They know the original owner and his full life story. It is all in Russian on the website. I have never done any business with them to have an opinion. The prices are in my opinion are outrageous on the pieces they show.
the knife belonged to Oberguppefurer Guttenberger. I may spell it incorrectly.

MOngo,
And exceptional Piece. I could not think of a more fitting collection for it.

Except perhaps mine.

Jim

Mongo,
I would walk away from that dagger and not look back.

When ever you have a dagger when the exterior is nice but the blade looks rough, look for other signs to see if it's a possible replacement.
Whooaa.. Sure looks like it has been played with big time to me. Got a parts dagger. No "Hands On" needed. Honor dagger shows "air" on both sides of the crossguard and blade base.

Best of the Hunters Luck,

serge

I like the "standard" High leaders dagger. I am not real sure about the other one. Looks like it was re-painted. It would need some hands on time IMO.

Eric

Serge im not buying it it will be some time before I can do any spending after the last few months, and its not really my cup of tea!.

I dont know if the piece shown is right or wrong but the blade to crossguard fits on a lot of the honour/high leader stuff is not that great. I have been told by a number of collectors that it is not that unusual see a bit of sunlight through them!.

Can anyone who collects these advanced pieces confirm that a lot of them dont have the best fitting blades?