Article about: Hi Guy's, This is my latest acquisition, a minty RAD Hewer by Gottlieb Hammesfahr with full 'Bullet' type rig......and I think a little bonus with it. It's out the woodwork from a watchmaker
This is my latest acquisition, a minty RAD Hewer by Gottlieb Hammesfahr with full 'Bullet' type rig......and I think a little bonus with it.
It's out the woodwork from a watchmaker in Austria who got it directly from the veterans son. The hewer is an early type, all the fittings are solid nickel. The grips are nice thick staghorn scales and the screws appear to have never been turned, as neither have those on the scabbard. The blade shows no appreciable wear, there are no dings or scratches present, just some faint vertical shadows from the scabbards interior retaining springs. The scabbard still retains over 95% of it's original black lacquer with a little rubbing from where the hanger was touching it over the last 70 odd years, but no dings to it or the bottom chape.
The hanger itself is a lovely piece on it's own, the metal scabbard clip is marked H&Co. 38 and is in perfect condition, as is the rarer belt clip with it's own metal clip. If you look at the pictures you'll note that there's a suprise extra....What do you think?
This wasn't cheap, but the condition was far better than the original photo's from the vendor, when I got it the blade was covered in some type of emulsified grease, and when I wiped it off I was staggered at what was beneath, a practically mint blade! This and the superb condition of the rig, plus the "bonus" attached to it, make what I paid for it a bargain when put next to others (nowhere near as nice) on all the dealer sites I looked at. Once or twice in a collector's life a real gem crops up, and this is mine.
All thoughts and comments are welcome!
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
A couple more that wouldn't fit in the first lot...
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Thanks Chaps! Anyone got any thoughts on 'the bonus', what is it, and why is it there??
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
the small hanger ( the bonus) is for an early Rad hewer
Lovely Blade !!
Congrats
Mac 66.
That's what I was thinking, excellent! It shows no sign of ever being used, maybe replaced during the original purchase and just buckled onto the later type hanger perhaps? Thanks Mac, I won't forget.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
We are the Pilgrims , master, we shall go
Always a little further : it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea...
Pretty RAD!!!
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. The blade on that is in beautiful condition!!
by Mac 66
Thanks Mac, I won't forget.
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