Two tone color SA

[patrice]

Gentlemen,

Kind of neat, got this SA which has two different color grip, light brown on one side and a much darker brown on the other side.

Don't know why it is that way but I like it !

[patrice]

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[Br. James]

Yes, I like it, too -- especially the warm color on the obverse side, though the reverse grip is also a beautiful shade. I believe that grip handles were created of a single piece of wood, so it initially comes to mind that this piece has two different halves sandwiched together, and a photo from the side view would be very helpful. And if that is not the case, then I wonder whether a few daggers were made up as demonstration pieces for sales displays in RZM and NSDAP shops? What I am thinking about is the possibility that this dagger might have been created to display two different grip finishes available from the manufacturer -- one shown on the obverse and the other on the reverse? I have never heard of such a thing before, but perhaps we are seeing a real example only now?! Again, a photo from the side view might be most informative.

Br. James

[james m]

Exposure to direct sunlight will rapidly bleach out wood and I suspect that's what happened here.
Jim

[patrice]

Hello,

Will post a pic at a side angle when I get home tonite.

Thank you for your comments.

Forgot to mention that it is an Haco.

[Mac 66]

Pat,

i think someone has been dicking around & painted the rear of the grip with some dark stain varnish, the blonde colour on the front looks the genuine origional colour, but of course i can be completely wrong , lovely Haco by the way!!



Regards Mac 66.

[Skyline Drive]

I don't think that this is caused by exposure to sunlight. I think that it's more likely that exposure to air has caused the varnish to lighten. We see this all the time with HACO's, Kobers and some other makers with heavy varnish over light colored German beechwood. The fact that the reverse grip is still dark suggests that the dagger had rested in a presentation or display case. This would limit the reverse to air exposure.

[Frogprince]

It’s a very attractive dagger, and from what I can see of the grain pattern in the wood I think that it may be Walnut which can range from fairly dark to an almost white depending on the tree and where the wood was taken from. That said, I also suspect that the darker color is an applied finish because in a few of the dings at the lower end of the grip backside they are a matching dark color. But on the ridges running down the rear ‘spine’ of the grip (for lack of a better term) it’s much lighter in a few places, exposing what I believe to be base color of the wood itself. Best Regards, Fred

[uknews]

Beautiful dagger, and very desirable IMO. I love these lighter handled Haco's and have one myself. Mark.

[ivbaust]

Cool, a blond and a brown side of the grip. Never seen that before.

It seems that the storm trooper obviously liked the song of Jan Kiepura of 1935. The chorus is:

"Ob blond, ob braun, ich liebe alle Frau'n"

Translation: "Wether blond or brunette, I love all women"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Vvq...e_gdata_player

[patrice]

Side angle,I honestly think that the two shade color is original caused by natural lighting.

[patrice]

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[addyfie]

Very cool dagger........ you godda love these blondies, its not just that with these Hacos though the grip fit is always top of the line and is no exception here.
Have you had the dagger apart Pat? If so is the handle numbered?

Regards
Adam

[Nolan]

The Victorians always protected their dark wood tables with cloth covers to prevent Sunlight fading the wood, talk to any antique dealer

[patrice]

Very cool dagger........ you godda love these blondies, its not just that with these Hacos though the grip fit is always top of the line and is no exception here.
Have you had the dagger apart Pat? If so is the handle numbered?

Regards
Adam

Yes, I did take it apart and it is numbered in pencil.

Thanks guys !