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#99787 02/22/2006 11:33 PM
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hallo colektors, is this a portepee from a hunting knife?

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#99788 02/22/2006 11:36 PM
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a nother pic

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#99789 02/23/2006 09:14 AM
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Milan,

Not from the Hunting Association but a high-level forestry rank.

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Bill

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was this portepee on this dagger?

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#99791 02/24/2006 12:17 PM
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Normaly no. Should look like this

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"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
#99792 02/24/2006 12:17 PM
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and that.

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wotan, gd.c-b#105

"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.
#99793 02/24/2006 03:42 PM
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thanks for your help.


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Although not "textbook" this high ranking Forestry knot could be proper for a hunting dagger or other dagger. The Forester could have also been a member of the Hunting Assn. and rather than wear the "just a member" knot of the Assn. he chose to wear his high rank knot. Understandable and quite proper. This dual and even triple and more membership aspect is often ignored or not known but explains why many non-textbook combinations are found. Many of these combinations have been "corrected" by collectors over the years-making the piece in question "correct" but yet "not correct" Frown Confused Wink


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#99795 03/01/2006 05:56 PM
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Houston, you are quite right on what you stated. Therefore I have written "normaly" and "should". There are many period mixed variants, sometimes even against regulation, but as hunters and foresters and marksmen were not under such strict control there was place enough to happen.


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"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.

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