Hello!
Happy New Year to you all !
I have bee offered to buy this KM dagger, but i would be my first dagger, so I would very much like to hear your opinion on this before I buy.
I have spent a lot of time researching on the internett to try to figure out for my self wether it is good or not. I am pretty sure it is OK, but then again - what do I really know about daggers?
I have been told that the grip is celluloid. There is a very thin piece of felt between the crossguard and the scabbard (I don't know what this is called). The colour seems to be greenish/grayish. It is easy to unskrew the pommel, and when I do, I can see that there is a wooden core in the grip. Both the pommel and the crossguard is showing som "cracks" or faults in the casting. This makes me a bit uneasy, but perhaps the wartime productions in general didn't display the famous german quality? Is this a problem ? Another concern is the scabbard. It has taken som beating right below the lightning arrows, but what concerns me is the palmette (oak leaves?) bands. They both have very "sharp" and straight edges, sometimes cutting the tip off the leaves. I can't say that I have found these straight edges on other pictures. As to the blade and etchings, I think it is difficult to assess when only comparing to pictures, so I really don't know what to think...
Any opinions will be appreciated !
Alfonsoer
Happy New Year to you all !
I have bee offered to buy this KM dagger, but i would be my first dagger, so I would very much like to hear your opinion on this before I buy.
I have spent a lot of time researching on the internett to try to figure out for my self wether it is good or not. I am pretty sure it is OK, but then again - what do I really know about daggers?
I have been told that the grip is celluloid. There is a very thin piece of felt between the crossguard and the scabbard (I don't know what this is called). The colour seems to be greenish/grayish. It is easy to unskrew the pommel, and when I do, I can see that there is a wooden core in the grip. Both the pommel and the crossguard is showing som "cracks" or faults in the casting. This makes me a bit uneasy, but perhaps the wartime productions in general didn't display the famous german quality? Is this a problem ? Another concern is the scabbard. It has taken som beating right below the lightning arrows, but what concerns me is the palmette (oak leaves?) bands. They both have very "sharp" and straight edges, sometimes cutting the tip off the leaves. I can't say that I have found these straight edges on other pictures. As to the blade and etchings, I think it is difficult to assess when only comparing to pictures, so I really don't know what to think...
Any opinions will be appreciated !
Alfonsoer
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