Boot knife

[jager17]

Just picked up this boot knife at a local gun show, I havent seen many of these, are they hard to find? any info on the stamp would be good
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[wiendolch]

Nice boot/fighting knife, though not very rare i have seen a dozen or so at shows in the last year here in the US. The stamp is for the Luftwaffe issue.

Eric Wien
(Wiendolch)

[LH 600]

Orginal knife you have there.
The Luftamp "6" is rare to find.
Normaly you will see the Luftamp "5"

Some bootknifes also have marking "S"

LH

[wiendolch]

LH600 is correct in that the 6 stamp is a rare one, maybe do to the local economy these are popping up. I have seen 2 "6" stamps, 1 "S" stamp the rest were "5" stamps. Also related were a couple "W" stamped knifes but i believe that's for Warmacht.

Eric

[LH 600]

Hi Eric
I forgot to mention the "W" stamps. But you put it in here . Thanks

[sb98]

LH600 is correct in that the 6 stamp is a rare one, maybe do to the local economy these are popping up. I have seen 2 "6" stamps, 1 "S" stamp the rest were "5" stamps. Also related were a couple "W" stamped knifes but i believe that's for Warmacht.

Eric

I think the W mark is a maker mark, not an acceptance mark. "Wehrmacht" was a term for the armed forced - Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe.

[FestungSpanien]

Hi
I think the same applies to the S marking.
Regards

I think the W mark is a maker mark, not an acceptance mark. "Wehrmacht" was a term for the armed forced - Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe.

[helmuthunter]

Nice fighting knife, mine has the Lw acceptance 5, more commonly seen than your '6'. congrats and regards. Johnno.