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AR-150 Personaliized WKC Army 
He's a dagger that's got everything! Very early and very heavy brass based WKC with the early style fittings that were only used for the first few years of production. I would say less than 10% of the WKC daggers I see have these. Featured on pg 65 of his Army dagger bible this one matches everything you want to see in an early WKC. Look at the hand-work!! Tapered tang blade is Exc+/Exc++ example with just light age smudges. There is still good crossgrain. The maker mark is crisply etched to the reverse. Large brown leather buffer pad is intact. Warm orange grip is a beauty slant example. It is chip and crack free. The hilt fittings are silver plated with 100% of the finish intact! The reverse is period Jeweler engraved "H. Schieren"  providing the opportunity for the next owner to do some research. The engraving is nicely patinaed and exactly matches the blue/black patina elsewhere to include the hand-enhanced pommel. Scabbard nicely silver plated with 100% of the finish intact. The throat is retained by 2 screws. There is some factory lacquer remaining toward the top around the fittings. Again this is exactly what we have come to expect on an early WKC. A completely text-book dagger, (the text book is available at the top of the page!). I have taken pains to cover this thing completely. It's a super example that's personalized. You will feel proud to own this quality of dagger. Overall Exc++/NM
$1195 HOLD(gm)

AR-145 Eickhorn Army with unusual Galalith Grip 
Have not had one of these for month and months! The Eickhorn marked polished blade is in nice shape with no gray or age, blade rates Mint-. The leather blade buffer is in place. This dagger employs a generic type "A" hilt fitting that we sometimes see used by Eickhorn. Particularly as the war started causing material shortages, (see Wittmann pg 111). There is light wear but no damage. The pommel is matching in patina and wear. These fittings are set off by a cream colored grip being made from galalith which is basically a milk based material some manufacturers tried for a while as trylon became unavailable. The grip is a perfect. The plated scabbard has well detailed bands. Plating is excellent, I would say 99%+ there is some lacquer remaining about the bands. The throat is retained by a single reverse screw. The scabbard is dent-free. This is a very nice example with a rare grip type.NM
$875 HOLD(wb)

 
AR-146 Höller Army 
Holy jumpin's as they say in backwoods Ennismore!! This is a killer dagger. I managed to talk one of my favorite customres out of last week. It wasn't cheap but you will never find one better!!The polished blade is NM example, if you look long and hard enough you will find a smudge but that's it! Yes, it has the unique crossgrain pattern with the center grain running 90 degrees in the center as compared to the edges. Holler did this on thier early blades. Nothing more to say, this is a killer blade with a ton of crossgrain. The leather blade buffer is in place. Classic Holler hilt fitting have 100% of plating intact. Orange trylon grip is perfect, no cracks or chips. The silver plated undented scabbard is wonderfuly patinaed and perfectly matches the look of the hilt. Plating is 100% with no wear. The thick throat is retained by a single reverse screw. If you've been looking for a beauty Army this is it. Mint-
$890

 
AR-143 Eickhorn Army with Rare late-war Stamped trademark

Blade is a polished example with excellent crossgrain, just the lightest age toward the tip holds this back just a bit, no pitting, sharpening and the original needle-like tip is perfect. The logo is stamped, not etched in place. The stamped "over the shoulder" logo is difficult to find, this is likely one of 4 or 5 I've ever seen. An easy Exc++  The brown-leather blade buffer is in place. The second pattern Eickhorn crossguard, (see Wittmann pg 25) retains excellent plating and has patinaed to a dark finish as time and air have done their job. The grip has a single chip out of the side. It's old and has darkened with the rest of the grip so it does not jump out at you, you will have to go looking for it. The scabbard is straight and true with nicely detailed bands.. The throat is fairly thick and is retained by a single reverse screw. Textbook example. Exc++
$920

 
AR-125 Klaas Army

Well every so often I have to let one of my own babies go. This one has resided in my own collection for 5 years and I was finally able to upgrade it. Klaas made a huge variety of Army daggers this is the very first issue being of unique casting design and featuring a ton of handwork. Blade is Exc with age to the blade that progressively gets worse as you get toward the tip. The tip has been reshaped slightly, (was likely blunted at some point) and there is some pitting to the reverse. The maker mark is deeply stamped to the obverse. Yes, to the obverse, many makers, especially on early daggers featured the maker mark to the obverse. Observe how far down the blade the mark is. Sometimes we see guys turn these blades around to match someone's idea of "textbook"! That's fine but not how they came out of the factory. Brown leather buffer pad is intact. Warm orange grip is a beauty slant example. It is chip and crack free. There is some period dirt to the crevices that you can clean if you so wish. The hilt fittings are silver plated with better than 95% of the finish intact! These Klaas crossguards are notorious for plating loss and this one is better than 99% I have seen. The majority of the loss is to the edges of the pommel. Crossguard is the textbook Klaas variant. The hand-enhanced pommel has matching patina. Scabbard nicely silver plated with some minor loss towards the tip. Say better than 98% plating. The throat is retained by 2 screws. The shell is dent-free. Edges of the bands are Klass marked with their trademark astrix "*".  A completely text-book dagger, (the text book is available at the top of the page!). I have taken pains to cover this thing completely. It's a super example. Overall Exc+
$795 HOLD(ev)

 
AR-149 Eickhorn Army with Early double Oval trademark

Love it!, Pick this up and immediately you can feel the weight of the early brass based fittings. Tapered tang blade is a polished example with excellent crossgrain. Just some light age in the form of some stain on the reverse as well as toward the tip. Exc+/Exc++ The logo is the rare early double oval that Eickhorn used in early production. The brown-leather blade buffer is in place. The first pattern Eickhorn crossguard, (see Wittmann reference) retains 100% of it's silver wash with a few small bubbles to the reverse. The grip is a desirable deep orange that is chip and crack free. The scabbard is straight and true with nicely  hand-detailed bands.. The throat is fairly thick and is retained by a single reverse screw. Textbook example purchased from Wittmann on '06 for over $1000. Overall Exc++

$998

 
AR-142 Eickhorn Army with Stamped trademark

Blade is a polished example with excellent crossgrain, just the lightest age toward the tip holds this back from Near Mint, no pitting, sharpening and the original needle-like tip is perfect. The logo is stamped, not etched in place. The stamped logo is far more difficult to find than the common etched examples. An easy Exc++  The brown-leather blade buffer is in place. The second pattern Eickhorn crossguard, (see Wittmann pg 25) retains 100% of it's plating as well as much original lacquer protecting the majority of the surface from air thereby retaining that lighter finish. The areas where the lacquer it lost have patinaed to a dark finish as time and air have done their job. The grip is an interesting example transitioning from a light canary yellow and darkening to a deep yellow/orange in the cervices. This looks great and makes for an outstanding display piece. No chips or cracks. The scabbard is straight and true with nicely detailed bands.. The throat is fairly thick and is retained by a single reverse screw. Textbook example. Exc++/NM
$980 HOLD(js)

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