SA Dagger For Review

[cornernotch]

Hi guys,

I would like for you to review this dagger for me. Does everything look good? Been wanting to get a nice SA for my very small collection. Thanks in advance.

John

[JR.]

Factory new...................! Doesn't get any better.

[buckle1]

Looks good to me and appears never to have been taken apart from the verdigris around the grip ends and the eagle an SA logo.
Nice looking dagger.
Bill

[Mac 66]

John,



Thats a Minter


Best Condition early SA dagger i,ve seen




Regards Mac 66.

[BobI]

Wow, it looks like it was made yesterday!!! Nice dagger!!!
Bob

[Ron Weinand]

Very nice and a very good manufacturer.

[HAF]

agree with others,top condition dagger very nice

[heers68]

WOW..super SA.. Kevin.

[schwertfeger]

Sensational dagger that has probably spent 79 years in the closet. Looks good. Regards SF

[Br. James]

No, John, 'everything does NOT look good' -- the whole piece looks FANTASTIC, excellent, mint, etc. and etc.! All of us wish our first SA M-33 was in this condition! Don't let this piece slip away from you...

There appears to be a mark on the reverse lower crossguard but I can't make it out from the photo. That's where the SA-Gruppe mark would be if this piece was among the earliest of the M-33s provided by this maker.

Good luck,

Br. James

[cornernotch]

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I went ahead and purchased the dagger. The crossguard is stamped "Sa". There was also an equally nice RAD em hewer from the same veteran source. I bought that one also.

[ivbaust]

The dagger is nice, so the scabbard. No doubt about that! But is it possible that they do not belong together?

The scabbard looks like a late RZM scabbard. Take a look at the screw heads. Early scabbards have usually flat screw heads. The screw heads at this scabbard protrude quite a lot.

Are the fittings plated?

[ivbaust]

On the left: early scabbard with flat screw head

On the right: late RZM scabbard with round screw head

[Br. James]

The "Sa" stamped to the reverse lower crossguard represents SA-Gruppe Sachsen. A beautiful dagger indeed!

Br. James

[Bernie Brule]

Now that's a not often seen beauty!!