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Re: Take down Luftwaffe gravity knife opinions on condition and restoration
It looks original to me, with nice markings, as for cleaning, i would leave it alone, no matter how experienced you might be, any type of cleaning on blades to remove minute rust blooms will ruin the knife and the value, i would however give the working parts a light oiling as well as the blade and wipe clean with a cloth,avoiding the wooden handles, these i would wipe over with a light covering of linseed oil, and again wipe clean
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Re: Take down Luftwaffe gravity knife opinions on condition and restoration
i agree with dave. Cleaning doesnt make the knife better.
Also do not try to take it apart! these knives are imposseble to put back together. there where two models made one put together by the factory and one with a removable troath assembly (these you could take apart).
if i am correct the only makers i have seen are paul weyersburg and SMF solingen.
greetings,
Eddy
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Re: Take down Luftwaffe gravity knife opinions on condition and restoration
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lightyone
i agree with dave. Cleaning doesnt make the knife better.
Also do not try to take it apart! these knives are imposseble to put back together. there where two models made one put together by the factory and one with a removable troath assembly (these you could take apart).
if i am correct the only makers i have seen are paul weyersburg and SMF solingen.
greetings,
Eddy
There was also an 'unknown maker' there's an example for sale here Luftwaffe Daggers 8th one down, that has the same stylized waffenampt eagle and no.5 stamped on the awl.
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.
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