Hello folks. A fresh find from this week's flea market. It seems that there's a lot of debate surrounding these little knives. On the one hand, some folks are marketing them as BDM, or DJ knives, or "late", HJ knives...It seems that there's a lot of discourse, but no real solid evidence one way or the other. As I HAVE, in the past, come across another example of this knife in a larger lot of absolutely original, period, and vet-estate acquired TR blades, (see picture 3), I do believe that it's a pre-45 mfg'd piece, but used by which particular organization, and / or was it simply a "generic" commercially available "all purpose" knife for the young'uns? It's plainly obvious from its size that it was NOT meant for an adults hand... A few pix below, and appreciate any informative comments. Thank you.
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3, Group photo of vet estate dagger lot w/ identical "HJ / DJ / BDM" type knife at the bottom... -
Apparently the jury is REALLY still out on these, if I can't garner any input. Since my last one also came from a vet lot, I'm going to go with the presumption that they are in fact, wartime produced pieces, however whether or not for the DJ, HJ, or BDM, perhaps we'll never know specifically.Comment
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Milton,
Did you read this thread ?
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=606446
Regards Mac 66.Comment
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Thanks gents. I will have a look at that thread. Both examples of this knife that I've acquired have come directly from WWII vet lots, so I'm relatively comfortable w/ my assumption that they're wartime produced items, however I'm curious as to exactly WHICH organization used them in particular, or if it was in all reality, a more or less "generic" type of youth knife. Thx.Comment
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