Early pattern DKiG

[Matthieu]

Hello gentlemen,

This beauty arrived a while ago, but I was lacking time to take some decent pictures .

But nonetheless .... I present to you my 1st early pattern DKiG ... and I it to death !!!

For the rest, I'll let the pix to the talking .

Cheers
Mathijs

[Matthieu]

Typical hardware for these early pieces ...

[Matthieu]

Next will be quite some close-ups of the front .... the whole piece just oozes quality .

[Matthieu]

Different angle ...

[Matthieu]

Great finish on the golden wreath and with the red enamel inlay . On the starburst, the bronze color is breaking through on several places.

[Matthieu]

Close-up of the date ....

[Matthieu]

Hardware ... shot one. Note the toolmarks on the top of the hinge .

[Matthieu]

Hardware ... shot two.

[Matthieu]

Hardware ... shot three.

[Matthieu]

Hardware ... shot four.

[Matthieu]

Cross & Etui ... great match, not ?

What I also noticed and this early piece is much lighter then my later ones. Perhaps different metals were used .

[Nigel N]

Great early piece Mathijs, one to be proud of thats for sure, as you said it has a real quality look to it!!
A very good example of an early DKiG, top addition to your collection
Interesting to see the tooling mark on the pin, the same as on EK1's by both S & L and Souval's blank core version!!!!!!
Love it -Nigel

[Seewolf]

Wonderful piece
It´s the light version with the backplate made of cupal. From what i know this is the very first production, later they switched to the heavy backplate.

A piece everyone of us would be proud to have in his collection

Think you´re on

I can only say great great and congratulations

[DavidM]

Hello

A beautiful and very early new form S&L DKiG Trouble with these is that they are very, very nice, and one just isn't enough

Regards
David

[Mike Yokum]

A WONDERFUL DKiG Mathijs! All of the very BEST qualities are seen in this one! You've picked a VERY NICE one for your collection! Congrats to you!