SMF HEER Dagger Luft Marked?

[Troy101]

I just picked up this dagger and noticed a Luft mark above the maker name. Does anybody know why an army dagger would have a luft mark? thanks

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[paulruss]

looks like a waffen amt

[joelabrendola]

hi. the blade has been taken from a luft dagger: the waffenamt was only for luft dags, being these marks applied at the presence of a luftwaffe inspector, so, a luft inspector couldn't .. inspect a heer dolch (and never seen heer dolche with a waffenamt). also, consider this dagger has generic fittings and not smf manifacture.

[rbminis]

As far as I know, these blades are interchangable.

[Nolan]

There is a minor difference in the overall length of Heers and Lufts, but yes they are interchangeable.

[heers68]

HHMMM,have to agree on parts dagger. Generic hilt fittings and a Eickhorn scabbard. All SMF Heer's I have seen have a early type slant grip also...

[rajko84]

hi. the blade has been taken from a luft dagger: the waffenamt was only for luft dags, being these marks applied at the presence of a luftwaffe inspector, so, a luft inspector couldn't .. inspect a heer dolch (and never seen heer dolche with a waffenamt). also, consider this dagger has generic fittings and not smf manifacture.

I agree

[Billy G]

Definitely seems like someone swapped out a Luft blade on Heer dagger fittings.

[JohnZ]

Billy:

It is pretty easy to swap these two, almost as easy as simply swapping blades around... one of the disadvantages to the manufacturers making the Luft2 and the Heer blades the same.

Sometimes the fit gives it away.

I wouldn't necessarily turn away from a dagger with mismatched fittings.. some manufacturers would sell their fittings to everyone (WKC for example). But, this is definitely a 'parts dagger', actually more like a Frankenstein parts dagger.

John

[fdodge]

I agree that this is a parts dagger.

Regards,
Frank