Luftwaffe Dagger opinions please

[R. Schmitt]

Hello - not knowing a thing about daggers and everything, I thought it best to post this dagger here that's been offered to me. Is it a good one, early or late, first or second model etc etc... What does everyone think about this piece?
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Rainer

[R. Schmitt]

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that's all the pix I got - any popinions appreciated!
Best regards
Rainer

[Phil Borchert]

Rainer,
Looks ok to me. It's a second Luft. Horster is a fairly rare maker of second Lufts.

[Johnny "the kid"]

Agreed, seems to be a legit 2nd Luft.
Good hunting,
Johnny

[R. Schmitt]

thanks for the info so far, (Dagger) guys - the hunt isn't over yet - finding a price to this piece will be the next challenge - I'll search the web for that, couldn't find any on ebay for that so far, and I guess there's no "blue book" out there somewhere, is there? This would be my first dagger...
Thanks a lot!
Rainer

[Colorado]

Make sure you get good photos of the blade. Based on what I see, there looks to be a good bit of corrosion and wear.

[R. Schmitt]

thanks Jeff - all I got is these pix for now with one side of the blade. Here's a cutout from the first pic resized...
Thanks for all comments and advice what to look for!
Rainer

[Stu W]

Paul Hogle

Here is a link to Paul Hogle's site. As you probably know he is a member here. This link goes direct to his 1st and 2nd Luftwaffe section. It will give you an idea of what you get for how much.

http://www.lakesidetrader.com/Luftwaffe.html

Hope it in some way assists you.

Regards,
Stu

[R. Schmitt]

Thanks Stu - it does give me a clue and a rough ballpark range of how much I could put down for one...
Thanks a lot!
Rainer