(Polish) NVA cord cutter knife

[Reibert]

Hi, mates !

Bought this, heavilly worn, NVA cord cutter knife today.

Very interesting the, upon the blade, (electric) engraved Number 0/57 !
Anybody know´s, what´s the meaning of this number ? ...

This Kappmesser was manufactured in Poland for use in the NVA of the former GDR.

Thx. in advance,
R.

[Gunny Hartmann]

I've noticed these knives with a number stamped into the wooden grip rather than an engraving, maybe a quartermasters ID number?....

[Reibert]

I've noticed these knives with a number stamped into the wooden grip rather than an engraving, maybe a quartermasters ID number?....

Gunny,

the reserve, (emergency), chute had an internal number.
The cord cutter knife was assigned the chute, (corresponding number), not to the Para !

Sometimes the number of the reserve chute was painted upon the hilt of the cord cutter knife, sometimes burnt in.

Most of such knives aren´t showin´ any numbers ...

I´m not sure that the engraved number on my cord cutter knife is such a number ? ...

[Reibert]

Received another one of these, polish manufactured, cord cutter -knives, used in the NVA of the, former, GDR.
Not that really scarce, but, pretty collectible even though !

[Reibert]

Painting upon NVA cord cutter knife ... ?

[Reibert]

Hi, I bought another Kappmesser / cord-cutter knife made in Poland for the NVA / Nationale Volksarmee.

The "last model" of the cord cutter knife, produced in the GDR / Deutsche Demokratische Republik for the NVA, is still relatively common.
However, the model made in Poland for the NVA is relatively rare...

[Reibert]

Here is another cord cutter knife from the NVA which has a number on the blade.
Such specimens are relatively rare to find !

This knife shows the number F/394

A similar cord cutter knife with the number A192 on the blade was recently auctioned off at a German online auction house for EUR 221 (USD 238 / GBP 189), plus shipping!

[Reibert]

For comparison:

Poland Para´s cord-cutter-knife WPD