PREPARE TO NOT BELIEVE!!!! I CANNOT!!!!

[DannyBrooks]

Holy Freaking COW!!!!!!!! When I am not writing and illustrating books or making records I dabble in real estate and in this market it is the perfect time to invest. So.....this morning I arrive at my latest conquest to give a once over as the tennant moved out on Sunday. I expected to see it in disarray...and it is, but anyway, as I looked throughout the house and took 'before' photos I rummaged through some old boxes of old news papers about NIXON and ELVIS etc. ....which I can post if you like. Well let me just preface that the house was previously owned by a lawyer and pilot....and quite a pack rat as well....so, anyway, as I was looking into a crawl space above the garage to check insulation and drywall, I saw a knife/dagger item and picked up...I assumed it was a toy, but it was very heavy....then I thought ....'Letter opener?'.....then I saw something that blew my mind....a SWASTIKA on it....The moment I got back to my house I began researching the item to see if it was a replica, but soon discovered that it WAS REAL and the handle color made it even more rare...it is what is known as a German "Nazi" Luftwaffe (Air Force) Officer's Dagger 2nd Model.......behold.

 

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[DannyBrooks]

Here is one of many sources about the knife.

http://arms2armor.com/Knives/naziluf2.htm

Peace and Life is GOOD!

Danny

 

[Saturna]

Certainly looks good. How do determine originality with something like this?

 

[pakeha63]

Wow!! Great find

 

[Damon64]

Wow!

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

fantastic find.

there might be a number on the backside of that blade. that will tell who made it when.

 

[romeo-1]

What lead you to determine that it's real?

 

[ParkHunter61]

That is very cool.
nice find

 

[kdismuke1]

great find. it is worth a little money.

 

[DD-777]

Incredible find - you could sell it and buy another house...

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

first thing to look for on nazi items is detail...
if the detail looks crisp, clean...no slag, no imperfections, it is probable original...

also, the content of the metals used by the nazi turn that exact color if the object has not been handled.

look at the cross guard...notice how the 'pebbling' is crisp and clear? no slag, no run overs...
same with the hooked cross...clean edges...
pommel also shows a quality cast...

weight is a good indicator also, but can't get a feel over the net...

 

[jimb]

Very cool find. Believe it or not I was researching German items just yesterday and here are a few for you to check out that will give you an idea on the value.http://cat.epier.com/cat10138.asphttp://cat.epier.com/cat10138.asp

 

[jimb]

Well that did not work so lets try again.http://www.epier.com/biddingformcart.asp?1854275

 

[DannyBrooks]

(pippinwhitepaws)....Man I wish you could hold this thing....it feels perfect. Everything you mention is there, there is crossgraining all of the way to the tip, there is splotching on the blade and the crossgaurd fits perfectly and appears to be nickel...I can barely make out a maker's mark which appears to be a tiger or puma, I think it may be TIGER SOLINGEN.....MAN!!!!!!!!!....this thing is beautiful.

 

[jimb]

http://cat.epier.com/cat10138.asp Also try this one fore more information.

 

[jlb783]

That's amazing!

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

danny...

what ever you do, DO NOT CLEAN IT!!!!!

original patina is critical to a collector, more so than the broken handle...
they didn't come looking like that, old man time has been working on it...

i can not find the site now...cleaned my favorites...but puma did make blades for the nazi...

good find sir...

 

[BrianPa]

I had one like yours but in better shape and with the tassles.handle was a little loose but not bad.
A collector friend told me 250.00 I sold it on Ebay with another german dagger and got 600.00 for both.
Keep it and enjoy it

 

[Cynangyl]

very interesting find!

 

[hogge]

I sold a Nazi Youth Dagger from 1936 on ebay for 100.00 5 years ago. The Officers dagger you have will command a VERY high price. Investigate it further and look up the numbers on the dagger. It will tell you what type and when it was made. ALSO the provinance of who it belonged to adds to the price,usually by 1/3 to 1/2 again the price. DO NOT CLEAN IT!!!!!!! AWESOME FIND!