I wanted to share my pair of A.Schuttelhofer & co. early slant grip army daggers. Most of the Schuttelhofer army production was later in the period. Rarely does one come across an early production piece by this maker. These two examples other then condition exactly mirror each other. Both have the WKC type-1 crossguard – beautifully detailed pommels and identical scabbards. Of interest to the army collector both tapered tangs have a foundry mark of the letter A inside a circle. The salty dagger with the cracked grip has a heavily sharpened blade. This dagger was pulled out of a veteran’s footlocker by a dealer. The dealer was attempting to part the dagger out due to its condition and I was fortunate to save the piece from this fate.



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