Originally Posted by wotan
Hello, HACK-WERKE STEYR, owned by Josef and Gustav Hack was a smaller Austrian knife maker. During III R they did produce mainly SA/NSKK daggers, HJ knives and walking out dress bayonets. Only few army/luft daggers.
A further makermark with the lieing fish and "Rostfrei" beneath is known.
It is the same like problem as with ZEITLER edged weapons: They DID produce a lot during the III R, mainly for the now "Ostmark" demand, but after 45 there had been a large amount of surplus parts and these were used (ZEITLER´s by Atwood; HACK´s by the firm itself) to assemble edged weapons long after the war. Imho it is always necessary to look if a certain dagger has a homogenous look, if all parts are well executed(!) and fitting nicely together(!!). If this is not the case it might be a past 45 compilation.
After 45 they did produce mainly hunting knives until they got liquidated in 1981.
Regards, daggers.

Very interesting info! Do you possibly know what type of fittings were predominantly used by Hack and Zeitler on their army daggers? was it mainly Generic fittings or a manufacturer specific?
I'm asking this because strangely enough, both a Zeitler as well as a Hack Werke army were offered here for sale recently, and BOTH had eickhorn fittings?
Thanks in advance.
Dion

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