UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons Army, Navy, and Luftwaffe Forum Over the shoulder Eickhorn Army dagger

Thanks for your opinions Gentlemen. Very true statements and I agree. We of course know that scabbards were sometimes swapped around by mistake, especially amoungst the GI's during and after the war while comparing booty. But i also think that towards the end of the manufacturing period, lots of manufacturers, including the big ones, sold and bought to be able to commit to orders, albeit only a few orders! I guess these questions will never really be answered, so I guess, as was stated by Wotan in another thread, one needs to look at the componants and decide whether they have the same patina and whether they were assembled together back then. It certainly wasnt everyday practice that various parts from various producers were used, but I'm convinced this did happen.