is it original mint german I WW trench knife?

[wunderwafe]

Hello! is it original WW I german trench knife?
IMO looks good, the condition is mint, unfortunately i'm not an expert.. What do you think about this knife?
Regards
W.

[Anderson]

Is it WW1? Well it could be, but this type of dagger was made after WW1 as well. An earlier knife would have wooden hand grips, a later knife will be bakelite. I can't tell from your photos if they are wood, but I suspect bakelite. Being an example with no maker's mark also does not help dating it.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Looks like it's been made from a dress bayonet!...

[Chopperman]

I would say that this has a good chance of being ww1. Lance shows
a few different versions of this style in his thread. I did not look through
his entire thread to find a match but check out post # 36,37, 90.
for some that are similar.
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/imper...nife-370751-4/

[MilitariaOne]

Greetings Wunderwafe,

I concur with Anderson's comments. These style knives range from late WWI through the mid-1930's. It may very well be late WWI example or quite a few years later. The bird's head style remained quite popular well after the war.

V/r Lance

[rbminis]

I will also add that they also were made with horn handle grips. I have a couple examples of this type.
Ralph.

[wunderwafe]

Is it WW1? Well it could be, but this type of dagger was made after WW1 as well. An earlier knife would have wooden hand grips, a later knife will be bakelite. I can't tell from your photos if they are wood, but I suspect bakelite. Being an example with no maker's mark also does not help dating it.

is it bakelite

[wunderwafe]

I would say that this has a good chance of being ww1. Lance shows
a few different versions of this style in his thread. I did not look through
his entire thread to find a match but check out post # 36,37, 90.
for some that are similar.
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/imper...nife-370751-4/

I also saw this thread and I thought that knife could be from the WW I...

[wunderwafe]

Greetings Wunderwafe,

These style knives range from late WWI through the mid-1930's.

V/r Lance

I wish It was from the First World War, but I can not say exactly...

[MilitariaOne]

Nor can I brother:-(

V/r Lance