#97314
11/25/2007 04:54 AM
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Nice little find here a WKC 2nd model Luft with character. My Question is when did they stop grinding the tang to fit the grip?
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11/25/2007 04:57 AM
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11/25/2007 04:58 AM
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11/25/2007 04:59 AM
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11/25/2007 04:59 AM
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#97319
11/25/2007 05:01 AM
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Ground tang
Anyone know when they stopped grinding the tangs down?
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11/25/2007 05:05 AM
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Scabbard dosn't show it's true dark color with the camera flash.
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11/25/2007 05:15 AM
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#97322
11/25/2007 03:34 PM
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I don�t see any problems hear looks like a nice WKC.Sometimes the gilt on these turn black but can not tell if that�s the case maybe just the coating worn off in places. Throat is a different color is it the standard WKC type?
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#97323
11/25/2007 03:39 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Eric Wien:
Nice little find here a WKC 2nd model Luft with character. My Question is when did they stop grinding the tang to fit the grip?
You normally don�t see much if any grinding on the later stepped tangs just the early tapered. Contraire to popular belief tapered tangs were used on 2nd model Luftwaffe�s although you won�t find a mention of this in Toms Luftwaffe book
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11/26/2007 04:18 AM
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Hi Tom,
If you mean the scabbard throat, don't quote me but i do believe WKC used a black coating on the luft scabbard throats when the scabbard had the dark airplane gray finish. This is the second one i have seen this year and it looks very cool so i bought it. One thing that is a nice sight is the aged dark orange brown grip, my pictures don't do the dagger justice.
Thanks for the info on the tang, i was going in circles looking through my reference books.
Eric
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11/26/2007 05:08 AM
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11/26/2007 05:13 AM
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Hi Rich,
Very comforting to see another tang like mine, i also noticed the grip is about the same color too.
Very nice display!!!
Anyone else have a WKC with the black scabbard throat.
Eric
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11/28/2007 09:10 PM
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Hey Guys, That rainbow effect that you see on the tang is from the heat of the grinding wheel. When the heat builds up, the tang starts to glow, and when cooling down, has this rainbow effect. I`ve seen this on other daggers of mine, so its not just a WKC trait  Cheers, Dion
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