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    Leather gripped Heer dagger - real or fantasy?

    These have been appearing lately for sale - I am not savvy enough to post links, but apparently several turned up in the not too distant past. The majority opinion seems to be tha they are of genuine pre-"45 German manufacture. The grips come in dark blue & green, and the maker is WKC. What do the people here think? I have just heard about these, even though they have been around a while.

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    I have been a dagger collector for over 50 years and they were in existance in the beginning. All are of late war construction and usually mint, grey finished. I believe these are pieces assembled at the end of the war from army parts and Custom's grips. Some believe these were the late war custom's daggers, but I believe these were sold the the US soldiers as souviners from the Solingen manufacturer.
    JMO,
    Ron Weinand
    Weinand Militaria

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      Ron has hit the nail on the head. Made for sale to US soldiers after war ended. Certainly not anything that was originally used during the period.
      Denny

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