paratrooper gravity knife??

[AZartman]

I had posted this one in the daggers and edged weapons sectio for comments..I was not sure if it was real or what it was, it is part of a veteran acquired grouping I just picked up. Item's come with the vet's discharge papers.

[AZartman]

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[AZartman]

links to my related posts about the other items for those interested. Thanks for the help!

Alex

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...82#post1249582

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...83#post1249583

[Fallschirmjaeger]

Looks Good

Im no expert,but will just say looks fine and a FJ gravity knife in good condition too,and if has discharge papers too,they are FJ of course right?.

[AZartman]

Im no expert,but will just say looks fine and a FJ gravity knife in good condition too,and if has discharge papers too,they are FJ of course right?.

Hello-

The knife in question is part of a group of items brought back by an American Soldier. I am getting scannned copie of photos he took while in Europe and a photocopy of his discharge from the U.S. Army. Sorry for any confusion.

[Gene]

Be advised that this knife was not just issued to paras but aircrew as well.

[John Hodgin]

Be advised that this knife was not just issued to paras but aircrew as well.

Exactly, this is a flyer's knife, not a "paratrooper" knife.

[Michael Kasper]

I have seen some Paul Weyersberg gravity knives that don't have ROSTFREI. Are these examples fake? What does one look for with fakes?
Thanks.

[John Hodgin]

I have seen some Paul Weyersberg gravity knives that don't have ROSTFREI. Are these examples fake?

They probably are not fake. Early take down knives were maker marked and did not have stainless blades.

[John Hodgin]

Here is a Weyersberg marked take down. It is, of course, not stainless and not marked so.

[Michael Kasper]

Cheers John! Thanks a bunch. The examples I have seen were not the take down version. But, the blade was marked as your example.

[Katsumasa]

Hi AZartman，form your available photos, IMO you have a nice gravity knife there. congratulation.

Hi John, Thanks for your information~>Always.

All the best

[John Hodgin]

SMF stainless take down

Of dubious parents.

[Fallschirmjaeger]

Exactly, this is a flyer's knife, not a "paratrooper" knife.

What makes it a luftwaffe exactly,does it have an emblem or marking FJ ones dont have?.