Maker of this Luftwaffe dagger

[all1knew]

Hello all,

Can anyone make out the maker of this 2nd pattern Luftwaffe blade?

William Kramer

[heers68]

Very interesting dagger indeed, I believe that is C. Jul. Herbertz, a Solingen company known for there post war sporting knives. I have seen a few HJ knives(not in hand,so I cant vouch for them) by them but I can't say for sure it was a pre or during WW2 maker mark. There are some post war "Hunting Hirschfangers" that used a heer/luft blade, this could be from one..or not?? Lets get more opinions! Kevin.

[fdodge]

I would like to see a closer image of the grip and it's wire and if possible, the blade's tang.

Regards,
Frank

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Handle wire.

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[heers68]

Is the blade plated? The hole in the tang would indicate this. Still an interesting piece that looks early except for the pommel, would have liked to have seen an earlier Pack variant pommel with this one..still like to hear from some Luft 2nd guru's! Kevin.