Once in a while we see a bayonet with a distributor's mark etched into the blade spine & Horst Wolff is one of those few distributors to do it. After seeing Terry's example (posted above) some years back, I predictably decided I had to have one. They're out there but not often seen & then you have the condition aspect. I did get one in the mail but it was a beater & it just stuck in my craw. I flipped it fast & set out for another.
This one came relatively cheaply as the seller mentioned the mark without the fact of where it was located. I magnified the ricasso shots which looked devoid of marks & thought this one a spine piece. A slight touch of old rust on the pommel is all that really skews it from being really super. Overall still a nice piece that I can't bring myself to part with.
This mark is on an early long model with beautifully elongated crossguard & magnetic Eickhorn pommel although the piece is not dual marked.
