Luftwaffe dagger original?

[Mister Aurel]

Hello!
What do you think of this Luftwaffe dagger?
Thanks

[Br. James]

Hi Mister Aurel,

Welcome among us! The parts comprising this piece appear to be original, but I wince in pain when I see a dagger taken apart such as this one was! Personally, I would never touch any dagger in my collection like this; the danger of stripping a tang thread, misfitting the grip to the crossguard, or causing some other problem is far too high to warrant any such thing...IMO, of course!

Br. James

[Lampwick]

To be fair though, if there was any question about it's originality there would be some who would say " I'd like to see the tang before I give an opinion"!

[Wim Vangossum]

Looks fine. Is it maker marked?



Regards, Wim





Freedom is not for Free

[Ralph Arndt]

Looks fine to me.

[Mister Aurel]

No maker marker; The traces of moldings under the crossguard and on the pommel are very suspicious for me; i have never seen that on a Luftwaffe dagger.

[BROBS]

those casting lines sure look pronounced.....

maybe just really late war and bad quality?

-Brian