hitler youth knife from the 1936 olympics

[Joe B]

I believe these HJ Olympic blades are bad , can anyone show me period advertisments that prove them being issued or period photos of them in wear ?
Or have these Olympic blades been made post 1945 to fool collectors by a few "holier than thou" dealers that some collectors worship without questioning and take there reputation as fact above fiction ! Come on show me real proof ?

[stuart a.]

im with joe here, i believe these where made post war as souvineers, there is no proof at all they where period made

[Duzig]

Hello,
There are a number of threads on the GDC forum regarding these knives and I think that most believe they are postwar but anyone interested on more info can check the other forum for more. I hope mentioning another forum is not a problem.
Duzig(Bill)

[rlimike]

Fantasy ...

[petopoint]

Hmmm

Wondering why then is the "Uber Rare" HJ Olympic knife on Vermania Inter. Have a post war scabbord?

[PeterNL]

Dagger with olymipc flag

Hello

I bought this knife and i would appriciate some help.
I can not find much history abouth the knife with this loge. Can someone plz give some more info?
Also i would like to know what it would be worth.

Below a link to some pictures of the knife

http://imgur.com/a/08ZHM/

Thx a lot and sorry for typo's
Regards Peter

[nipperdon]

HJ knife

I have never seen this variant before, it doesn't have the appearance of a period piece. i have collected a lot of 36 Olympic things, but there is certainly more to collect. The HJ knife was allegedly found by Tom Johnson in Germany and certainly has the appearance of being a period piece, but most will discount it as a fantasy.

Don

[Duzig]

Hello,
As someone already mentioned I think, there is a thread on GDC regarding these knives and as said most believe they are postwar. Interesting discussion if it still is available on GDC. Sorry i see I had posted a reply a while ago.
Duzig(Bill)

[Wim Vangossum]

Really not something I would add to my collection. The last posted knife (with the blue diamond has a typical post-war scabbard.


Regards, Wim

[schönbeck]

the grip plates I think as well is postwar.

But we really don't know for which olympic game this was meant for. Berlin 36 is not an option at least.

[Heran]

Hi There,

For what I understand, the scabbard is a post war one. Then, the knife, in my opinion, is just a fantasy item and I am convinced there is no proof or support documentation which confirms the existance of this type of "Olympic Thing".

Sorry.

Regards

Heran