My luft sword by p+d

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IAM TRYING TO GET SOME PICTURES BUT ITS VERY HARD

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I realy wish one of you guys could see this sword inperson,as the cross gaurd is like marble as its ,,well i dont know but its made out of something that turned it a blackish marble like look..maybe nickle siver but i never seen this look realy its hard to excplan the pictures realy are not getting the true look..well,thanks for looking and i will try to get more of this latter on.,as i have to go now...thanks guys...

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Thats a very nice sword Pammy

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Thanks so much luke and always nice to here from you!!take care of your self!!

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This is an interesting, and rarely seen piece, with respect to those tang markings.

At first, I was very skeptical about a connection with Dinger and the stamping. I couldn't rectify why Dinger would have involved himself with simple blade forging, especially for a large manufacturer like Eickhorn.

So, I thought about, and thought about it some more, did some research and contacted a collector who's quite knowledgeable about the damascus bladesmith artisans like Muller and Dinger- if he thought there could be a nexis between Dinger and a plain jane Eickhorn fliegerschwert.

After his explanation, and more thought and research, here's the explanation i've come up with:

This piece belonging to Pam is not your regulation size fliegerschwert. It doesn't fall into any of the prescribed sizes of schwert. Infact this blades length is shorter. As such, the shorter blade would not have been rolled out. The blade would have been hand forged for essentially what amounts to a special order. For a time Dinger was under the employ of the Eickhorn firm and because of his expertise in hand forging, he cranked out this special order blade, and was permitted to stamp the tang with his monogram.

So that's the deal. Initially I was skeptical about a Dinger connection, but now I am a 100% believer in that Dinger did indeed forge this fliegerschwert blade.

Not sure what it would do to value if anything at all. That said, it's a neat little, odd, and hard to come by example. Something scarcely seen.

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So that's the deal. Initially I was skeptical about a Dinger connection, but now I am a 100% believe that infact Dinger did indeed forge this fliegerschwert blade.

What a great find Pam!

Regards,
Frank

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REALY THANK YOU FRANK FOR THE KIND WORDS!! AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU TOM FOR THE TIME AND HELP YOU GAVE ON THIS AS THATS REALY A GREAT THING TO KNOW AND HAVE!! THIS IS VERY SPEICAL TO ME EVEN MORE KNOW AS ITS A GREAT THING TO HAVE.MY SS CHAIN WAS GOING TO BE MY FAVORIT BUT THIS SWORD IS BY FAR MY BEST PEICE/ITEM I HAVE ALONG WITH MY OTHER ONE YOU HELPED ME ON ..EVEN IF THE HORSTER SWORD WITH THE 8 ON SCABBARD AND CROSS GAURD IS NOT A SCOOL MARK ITS SURE IS NEAT TO HAVE AND ALL THE INTERNAL PARTS ARE NUMBERED MATCHING WICH I JUST LOVE IT ADDS SOMETHING TO THE ITEM ..WELL ,TO ME ANYWAY!! THANKS GUYS YOU ARE THE GREATEST AND IT BEING BAD NEWS OR GOOD YOU GUYS KNOW YOUR STUFF !!! TAKE CARE....

[DAMAST]

yep.... Just Like I said Tom...

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thank you also damast,can you look at the fittings as they seem to be made out of a more silver its so silver/purple like ...realy have to see it inperson...its just not like my other nickle silver ones thats all....