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    First HJ! (Max Weyersberg)

    Greetings!

    I would like to share the HJ knife that I just picked up. As a primarily American collector I have been holding out for "the one" representative HJ knife for my collection. I believe I have found it!

    It is an early, moderately-worn example with magnetic hilt and guard. It has faint traces of the motto. The maker mark is MAX WEYERSBERG, SOLINGEN, with "GES GESCHUTZT" also stamped. I have seen this maker mark on other types of daggers but this is the first example I have seen with this maker stamped on an HJ knife.

    The diamond wiggles slightly and has a chip out of the enamel. It is also missing the leather buffer.

    The scabbard retains most paint and the leather is flexible. There are marks in the leather, which I think are "L F S" (possibly with an oak leaf behind it) but I am not sure. They are hard to make out, and harder to photograph!

    Here are the photos! All opinions and feedback are most welcomed on this piece.

    http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4949/dsc02410rk.jpg
    http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/7366/dsc02414l.jpg
    http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1845/dsc02415xs.jpg
    http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9096/dsc02416f.jpg
    http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7383/dsc02417ts.jpg
    http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6690/dsc02419uq.jpg

    Thank you!
    -Johannes

    #2
    a good early one

    Hans

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      #3
      It`s real, it`s early and the condition is quite fair for one of these boy`s knives that was well used.

      Good score!

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        #4
        Thank you Hans and Vaughan for your assessments! Any idea what the leather stamp might represent, or direction to a research source that might help identify it?

        Thank you again!
        -Johannes

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