Hunting Dagger by Eickhorn

German WWII > Edged Weapons > Forestry, Hunting and Shooting Daggers > Hunting Daggers

A lovely Hirschfanger! The 15 inch blade is a triple acid etched example. It is correctly stamped with an early 1930's- 1933 single oval Eickhorn maker mark. The etch is nice and clear light having highly detailed panels depicting hunting scenes. There is no sharpening and the blade is very clean with some age towards the tip. The factory brown felt buffer is intact, peek under there and you will see a factory assembler's number, "88". The tip and fit are perfect. The blade rates Exc+/Exc++. The scabbard has fine black leather with 100% coverage and some scuffs. I was tempted to apply some shoe wax to clean this up but I leave that to your discretion. It has two decorative lines running the length of the scabbard on both sides. All of the stitching remains intact. Both undented matching brass fittings have scalloped edges. The staples are still intact, peek under the staples and again you will see wee numbers. The clamshell has good detail with hunting dogs setting on a wild boar. The D-guard has a decorative stag hoof end. The pommel ends with a decorative oak leaf motif. The grip is stag with 3 matching pinned brass acorns. Finishing this is a period hanging device that looks to be homemade.