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02-18-2023 10:43 AM
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Hi Dan..the guard appears correct for this late period example.
The Pommel should have 12 leaves.
Scabbard is correct to have 2 side screws.
Regards Larry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!
- Larry C
One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill
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adding the fact that the hilt is magnetic. thanks! Dan
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Very nice piece! But it's not a late period example. You can tell by the early Alcoso trademark (2nd trademark) and early pommel. I bet this one has a tapered tang too. Alcoso only used their type 1 and 2 crossguards for a very short time and switched to type 3 pretty early in their production period.
Regards
Danny
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Nice early one, looking at the guard you can see its silver plated iron, its a socalled "Eisenkopf" (Ironhead)
A few producers like Alcoso and SMF produced a small batch with iron based fittings, they are pretty rare and sought after by army dagger collectors.
Best
Ger
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Always still learning.....this grip looks like a Type C as seen side by side in your reference compared to a Type A and id why I said later production..which from 1936 to 1940 is a wide range.
Best Larry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!
- Larry C
One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill
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Larry this is a solid B grip, the middle ridge between the big swirls is way smaller and some like the one above do not have an opening on both sides like the C has.
You have to compare the same type of swirls, as the B and C are way more horizontal then the steep type A
Until mid 1936 is still within the first production year and early.
Ger
i hope this pic will explain it
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Hi Ger you have a greater eye for these since you and Danny wrote the book on this topic...I can see a greater difference in your reference and it may be the photo itself that Dan / Zook posted that left me to believe otherwise.
Type As are easy...but Bs and Cs need to be looked at more closely for myself.
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!
- Larry C
One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill
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