wondering if anyone knows about a special knife for the HJ for the olympics? Supposedly, this knife has the olympic rings in color and is a bit smaller than the normal HJ knife? Would appreciate any comments? Also any information in regard to an Olympic ring.
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If it exits, it is not an official issue.
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I've seen pictures of it and, from what I have been able to gather, they were actually produced but never circulated. They are nice looking and the pictures I've seen were all of pristene examples.
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Hi guys, I've been offered to b uy this Olympic HJ knife which seems to be an original one, but I don't know anything about this item. Could anyone help me? Thanks
Val
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If that is original then it is a killer knife...
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Just found this: "DESCRIPTION: This is a tiny Fahrtenmesser or Hitler Youth knife. It is much smaller than the usual encountered H.J. weapon and was specially produced for a presentation gift to the young people from the N.S. Youth Organization, who did so much to help with this the grandest of Olympiads. Unlike its larger cousin this petite dagger has stag grips, while the normal issue one has black plastic grips. Even the enameled insignia at the middle of the grip is smaller. The blade is quite beautiful with the crowned bear of the city (Berlin) and the N.S. sports eagle with the familiar Olympic rings. The saying “Zum Ruhme des Sports zur Ehre des Vaterlandes” is reminiscent of the actual spirit of these 1936 games. It means: “The Glory of Sports is the Honor of the Fatherland.” This little treasure was produced by the firm of Emil Voos of Solingen. After sitting in storage for almost 70 years the leather on the fastener that secures the grip when in scabbard has literally shrunk! and it will not snap shut any longer. However, other than this the knife is in excellent shape throughout; especially the blade and this in near mint. Our German-branch crews, who scour the Fatherland on a constant basis, recently discovered several of these great little knives in Potsdam outside of Berlin after a lengthy search. These were socked away with 49 Hitler Youth Olympic posters (That we did not get!), but it was the information about the posters that a major poster dealer, who turned us on to that, resulted in our being able to procure the little HJ knives. To her we owe a great debt of gratitude. The posters and knives were packed away in 1945 and now can be offered in very limited supply to the collecting public. Whenever examples have rarely been offered before they have brought from $1,500 to $2,500, because of their high desirability and scarcity. Because Germania International has managed to procure a small group of these beautiful knives we will offer you one at $1,650.00 and please know that this is a definitely a smart investment opportunity to own one of the scarcest edged weapons of the Third Reich. We are now down to two of these and we sent them out as the best condition ones to the first buyers to come. Some of them when stored over the many years show some minor rust, but sometimes it is in the design itself thus very difficult to remove. So we would suggest you call first to have us describe in detail the one you will receive, but regardless of the condition. This is a very important Hitler Youth and Olympic item indeed. This is very probably a one-time opportunity to aquire this piece; a great historical treasure of the Reich.
PRICE: $1,650.00"
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Be very careful if deciding to buy anything from that particular dealer.....Comment
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Not sure about the knife pictured....but... There was infact a small DJ size knife sold at the games as a souvenir. Black handled, with inscription on the blade. It did not have anything to do with the HJ. Bill Shea had one for sale a few years back.Comment
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Plastic as we now it yes, but they had other forms of "plastic" that have been around for some time. Take a look at cars from the 30's and you will see "plastic" knobs on them.Comment
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Synthetic materials plastics have been around since the 1870's,look up zylonite and parkesine on the web.regards RMRComment
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Please read and respond this is my first post
I bought one of these olympic youth knives a few years back from an old collector for about $960.00 approx I know it was just under a grand. I looked around online and have only seen two others for sale. The one mentioned above at germaniainternational for $1650 and one I found on a google search for $2000. I plan on holding on to it for awhile since it is so rare and will only go up in value. People say these knives are fake others say they have never been circulated but looking at it up close it's definately not fake and it's definately the coolest nazi youth knife I have ever seen. Not only is it valuable to nazi collectors but to olympic collectors as well. Why are you guys saying to be careful with germaniainernational.com ? Did one of you have a bad experience with this dealer or have heard bad things about them?Comment
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ive seen a small dealer in london selling a olympic hj knife for around £500, will post his deails up soon.Comment
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