Early SA -W/Stippled Motto.

[Hal]

Guys , thought you'd like to have a look. Regards, Hal

[stuka f]

Sure!! Thanks.

[wagner]

Nice Melzer & Feller you got there Hal.

They were a small cottage maker that produced good quality except when it came to the acid etching. Don't know why but perhaps they just streached out the acid too long and it couldn't get the "hard spots" out so they used paint to cover for it.
One of about 5 makers out of 220 makers of the SA dagger that did the paint job on the motto. That is the worst case of motto pimples I've seen a quite a long time.

Thanks for Sharing!

Regards,
-wagner-

[stuka f]

Nice Melzer & Feller you got there Hal.

They were a small cottage maker that produced good quality except when it came to the acid etching. Don't know why but perhaps they just streached out the acid too long and it couldn't get the "hard spots" out so they used paint to cover for it.
One of about 5 makers out of 220 makers of the SA dagger that did the paint job on the motto. That is the worst case of motto pimples I've seen a quite a long time.

Thanks for Sharing!

Regards,
-wagner-

220 makers and I was thinking of starting a collection of SA daggers by maker....

[Adrian Stevenson]

Again another good item from your collection Hal. You have a good eye for a nice peice.

Cheers, Ade.

[Hal]

Thanks everyone for your comments, and Wagner for the interesting history on this maker. Regards, Hal