Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Picked this one up today.
A uncommon maker for SA daggers, Gustav Wirth, gau Pommern.
Almost full cross-grain, nice dark patina on the grip, great silver grip eagle, scabbard is anodized and fitting are of course the silver/nickel type, it has a small dent in the scabbard finial ( ball)
overall i like it big Time!!
Enjoy the pictures..Cheers Ger
Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Nice one. Well done.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Ger,
Congrats !!, its a very nice SA
9 on the Mcsarr list
Regards Mac 66.
Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Absolute Score !!Great Maker, Regards Larry
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Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Looks like you have another beauty Ger..Lovely colours in the handle too. Did you travel far to get this one??. Cheers Terry.
Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Very nice and it is in great shape,Congrats
Eric
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Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Very nice! But is that a burr on the tang nut I see? Indicating this has been apart at some time?
Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
No it had a small blow on the head, the dent is from above, as far i can see its never taken apart! Cheers Gerby Glenn66
Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
Thats cool, no offense to your lovely dagger. I was just noticing the wear to the tang nut. Nothing major but I do believe I see a minor loosening mark and a major tightening mark on the nut. For all I know this happened at the factory. A great piece none the less and I should hope to be so lucky as to own such an example one day.
Re: Early SA dagger by Gustav Wirth, rare SA maker
[QUOTE=Mac 66;689842]Ger,
Congrats !!, its a very nice SA
9 on the Mcsarr list
Thx Mac!
this is what Johnsson says about his Wirth Dagger:
Early SA Dagger by RARE Maker. GUSTAV WIRTH, SOLINGEN GRAFRATH with W in dotted circle etched TM. Both Ralph Siegert's SA book and the "McSarr" list rate this maker a "10"; the rarest category.
maybe he has a different list? one just for selling? LOL!
Ger
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