My new ivory grip Luftwaffe dagger by Voos.

[rube233]

Love the acorn detail!!!!

Joe

[pammy]

thanks joe,i have a few more but battery just died i will get back on latter..thanks again!i think this is klass.?

[pammy]

this is not mine i got it off the internet see what iam talking about look at the acorns..and i have been ill not on my mind...can more people please post different ones fittings /luft daggers that would be great...the next luft iam going for is a holler maker orange griped one..just have to meet up with a freind that has everything!!

[pammy]

here is one of my spare ones i picked up..

[Adrian Stevenson]

Were you able back in the period to buy the ivory grips on any maker? Or were they mainly on voos? I was looking on some dealer sites and it seemed that most of the ivory grips were on voos?thanks again guys!

Hi Pammy, ivory grips were an optional extra offered by some makers but not all. Due to the extra cost involved not many Officers bought these.

Cheers, Ade.

[pammy]

Well,its a 100% ivory had it checked out by 3 people! Very happy..

[Walkwolf]

I agree with Ade.
Etched blades and ivory grips were options.

There was a depression going on then too, and not everyone could afford 'top-of-the-line'.
Someone with higher rank or financial position, or who was of a certain character and
wanted to impress, would opt for this type of grip.

Daggers were purely 'decoration' - for show - and blades were probably never
drawn that much, if at all. So if plain blades were an option, why not go
for the fancy grip, when hardly anyone will see the blade anyway ! ? !


It was a trade-off !



On the other hand, most if not all 2nd pattern Luftwaffe daggers I've ever
seen had plain blades............!

[LMG 1]

Thats a very nice dagger Pammy,u seem to be building up quite a
collection.
Would love to see some photos of your edged weapons all together