New SS Eickhorn " rat "

[cooper11]

My new dagger ...

[kiwitedferny]

What's happening with the emblem?! Seems major mismatch given the condition of the blade. Where did you get this from?

[cooper11]

The dagger is definitely original, is purchased from a man who found her three years ago in his house. Unfortunately - the eagle is corroded, hanger nibbled by martens, "eyes" on the hanger corrosion was unbuckled from daggers. But nothing changed. She was wrapped in a rag ... blah blah blah - I will not describe the details.

[R.R.]

May be this eagle was replaced at some time, I see something like a glue under it.

Regards,

Ricardo

[Serge M.]

Nothing 'wrong' with this near mint 1939 Eickhorn SS 'rat'. A beauty =

Grip eagle is aluminum which IMO corroded due to long contact with something else, perhaps stored face down. A hard varient to find, and rare to find in this condition.
Congrats !

Try to find history of who owned the house during the war and you might get the SS owners name.

-wagner-

[cooper11]

It was found in a house in Bohemia on the border with Germany - Skelná Huť, house number 10. In the house but never soldiers not live, just Sudeten Germans - from 1944 to 1946, the house was empty. So described the finder daggers.

[cooper11]

Does anyone know whether this designation - "rat" - eickhorn used only at this ss daggers in 1939, and as such is used for other types of weapons? Ch

[Skyline Drive]

The eagle may be aluminum, but it possibly plated zinc, which would explain the corrosion. I do NOT see any evidence that the eagle has been replace.

[Ed Sunday]

Nothing 'wrong' with this near mint 1939 Eickhorn SS 'rat'. A beauty =

Grip eagle is aluminum which IMO corroded due to long contact with something else, perhaps stored face down. A hard varient to find, and rare to find in this condition.
Congrats !

Try to find history of who owned the house during the war and you might get the SS owners name.

-wagner-

Wow, I'll buy goods like that all day long ! A hell of a nice RZM piece !

[james m]

The term "Rat" refers to the serrated tail configuration. Eickhorn used a lot of differnt etches. Notice the absence of the word "Original" here which used to be opined by some as an indication that the dagger was a post war reproduction.
Jim

[Wim Vangossum]

A very, very fine RZM SS dagger.


Regards, Wim




Freedom is not for Free

[rkhunter]

Very nice find

[cooper11]

Gentlemen, I ask you for an opinion on the price of a dagger-the one I showed here. In this condition, guaranteed oroginality - for what could be sold in the current market ...? Thank you for your answer. ch

[Ron Weinand]

Solid original with no originality problems. Aluminum will do this under the right conditions, it may have been stored with the leather hanger over the eagle and, it is well known, leather will cause damage when left alone for a long time.

[JohnZ]

cooper11:

The dagger condition is great, the eagle does have issues though. I have seen nice rat tail SS's go for 2-3,000 on dealer sites.

I paid that for mine a year or so ago at a show and from a dealer.

Here are a couple of shots.

John