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FAKE ALERT: WW1 Gottieb Hammersfahr trench knife".

Article about: I picked this up over the weekend. I think it is a good knife with a repainted scabbard made by Gottlieb. I am not sure if the blade was blued or in the white. The black marks on near the cr

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    Only just saw this series of posts Anderson, but thank you for the information. It will be very helpful as I plan to add a WW1 trench knife to my Imperial German collection at some stage in the near future.

    I do hope Rescue190 was able to get a refund.

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    Good luck, and be careful of any with the "Gottieb Hammersfahr" mark, as it is faked widely. Our hobby it's sad to say, is infested with fraudsters and crooks as well as honest decent folk who like to help. But if you study the pictures of the real knifes, you should be able to recognize the fakes. Knowledge is power, as they say.

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    WOW! thanks for the heads up, history lesson.

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    In fairness, we must admit that fakes of these knives are also found with the correct location of the brands on the sides of the blade.
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