Garde Jäger & Schutzen Hirschfanger M1871 by Pack & Ohliger

[gerrit]

Garde Jaeger & Schutzen Hirschfanger as worn by Gefreite & Oberjägers who had served as Foresters.
It has a gilded brass hilt with a great looking eagles head with red glass eyes in it.
There has been a great amount of handwork on the eagles head.
The blade is one to die for, 100% mint.
This a hard to find one and its in a superb condition!
Enjoy this rare beast!

Ger

[Anderson]

That's another beauty Ger, where do you find these things!
My real question is; do you have an estimated date of manufacture for this hirschfanger? I notice the maker is the earlier Pack Ohlinger & Co which didn't make military bayonets before the 1898/05 model, if that's any help.
Nice to see another Forestry blade in the bayonet style.

[jamie7d7]

What a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. I never knew such a blade existed until now.

I continue to drool on my keyboard Ger!!!

[gerrit]

Anderson if i recall correctly P & O cie were founded in 1908, i remembered that Ivan has a copy of the grounding sheet of their firm.
i expect this one somewhere between 1910-20

i picked it up at the Kassel show
i had 1 before but sold it to Ivan the Packman, this one has an even better blade so i couldnt refuse, they are very hard to find and i have a weak spot when it comes to Pack...

cheers
Ger

[stingray]

Fantastic hirschvanger Ger, you know I love it.
That's a third one I have ever seen.
That blade is screamer,unbelievable
Congrats

[gerrit]

Thanks guys for the nice words!!

In hand this is a very impressive Hirschfänger and you cant see that its 100 years old, most likely hardly been worn and ended up in the sheets drawer of some bedroom

Ger

[gerrit]

Ivan nice detail is that the one i sold you in the past has a different Logo, so althought production of these rare sidearms would be very low they did use at least 2 different Logo's!

Best
Ger

left one is mine, right one is Ivan's

[Tango]

A very nice dagger, Mr H...Cheers Terry.

[gerrit]

I have been VERY Lucky finding the proper Oberjäger knot for this Hirschfänger, a so called Extra-Troddel, a private purchased knot in the highest quality available!
To find a Garde Jäger Hirschfänger in this condition is hard but having the luck to search and find the correct knot is a kind of miracle
This knot is in pristine condition and it gained a beautiful patine in the past 100 years!
Enjoy the pics of this very rare knot!
Ger

[stingray]

Great job my friend, it looks perfect