Daggers and Knives
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**LARGE**HEAVY**WW1 Era British Officer’s Private Purchase Trench Fighting Knife / Sidearm With Gladius Form Blade & Later Quality Bespoke Hand Made Leather Scabbard. ED 2196 - ED 2196 This is a large Fighting Knife / Sidearm most likely a British Officer’s private purchase trench fighting knife for use in WW1. It is 17 ½” overall length with an 11 ¼” heavy Gladius type double edged steel blade with medial ridge. The blade is just under 1 ¾” wide. The cutting edges have no nibbles or chips. Both sides of the blade has even aged patina. It has a cast steel bar cross guard and brass ferrule. The solid hard wood hilt with finely chequered panels has just light bumps and scraped consistent with age and use. There are no visible maker or date marks on the knife which weighs a hefty 600 grammes. The knife comes with a later quality bespoke hand made leather scabbard. Made of thick brown leather the open top scabbard has heavy duty stitched Seams and single belt loop stitched to the rear. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2196 (FS box) £395.00 |
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**VERY RARE**1st TYPE**WW1 Era British Officer’s Private Purchase Cogswell & Harrison London Trench Fighting knife / Dagger With Special Order Leather Bound Wood Grip Inset With Celluloid Band & Original Leather Scabbard. Sn 22235 - 22235 Cogswell & Harrison was established in May 1770 and is London’s oldest surviving gun maker. The company has manufactured an exceptionally diverse range of sporting shotguns and rifles during its long and colourful history. In 2008 the company was purchased by the Brennan family, the proprietors of Ardee Sports Company. During WW1 the company made private purchase edged weapons for British Officers. The hilts on early variants varied depending on the special order of the customer before becoming standardised plain wood hilts as the war progressed. We have never seen this hilt variant on one of these knives (see pages 120 & 121 plate 273 of British & Commonwealth Military Knives By Flook where a later plain hilt variant of these knives by Cogswell & Harrison is illustrated). Our knife has a 6 ½” long double edged dagger blade with medial ridge and large shank at the hilt. The blade has a shallow chip to one side of the cutting edge and it has just light staining consistent with age and use. The shank is signed by the maker ‘Cogswell & Harrison Ltd Gunmakers London W1’. It’s special order hilt is leather bound wood. The mid section has a colourful celluloid band ‘translucent red edged with green’. The pommel is unbound. It has a steel re-curving cross guard & the dagger measures 10 ¾” overall length. Its original brown leather open top scabbard has a single belt loop and correct 2 rivets at the throat. All leather & stitching of the hilt & scabbard are intact. The price for this rare WW1 fighting knife includes UK delivery. Sn 22235 (FS box) £975.00 |
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**RARE**EARLY**1st Pattern 1st Type WW2 Era Nazi German Luftwaffe Officer's Dagger By SMF (Stocker & Co Solingen) With 1st Type Heavy Nickel Fittings, Luftwaffe Inspection Mark & Scabbard. Sn 22156 - 22156 The Luftwaffe came into existence in 1935. Luftwaffe Officers were authorised to wear the 1934 Pattern 'Fliegerdolch' flier's dagger (see page 124 of Daggers Swords & bayonets Of The Third Reich By Stephens). This is an early original 1st pattern 1st type Luftwaffe Officers dagger with scabbard and chains in excellent condition. The dagger has the correct blue hue leather grip with all binding wire present and tight. It has the correct 1st type heavy Swastika pommel and stylised winged cross guard also with stylised Swastika. The Swastikas have original gilt finish (later 1st types had lighter alloy fittings). It has a 12" dagger blade with original dark blue leather hilt washer. The blade has just light areas of rubbing consistent with service carry and is marked by the manufacturer ‘SMF Solingen’ together with trade mark and stylised Eagle Luftwaffe Inspection stamp. Its original correct steel scabbard is covered with dark blue leather and has nickel plated metal chape and locket. The leather is complete and undamaged. The price for this rare Luftwaffe piece includes UK delivery. Sn 22156 £695.00 |
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*EARLY PRODUCTION**MAKER RARITY VALUE 8 (10 BEING THE RAREST)** Nazi German Carl Kloos Solingen Landwehr 1933 Pattern SA Stormtroopers Wesfalen Group ‘Wf’ Marked Dagger With Motto Etched Blade & Scabbard. Sn 22390 - 22390 This is an original early production Nazi 1933 pattern SA dagger with scabbard by a rare maker in very good condition. The blade is crisply stamped with the manufacturers name ‘Carl Kloos Solingen Landwehr’. Kloos made approximately only 1,000 of these daggers and are rated as rarity value 8 (10 being highest rarity value making him one of the rarer makers) in the book ‘The Service Daggers Of The SA & The NSKK’ by Siegert. Early production Nazi SA daggers such as ours had only the maker’s name without later RZM marks. The brown wooden grip is all original. The original Nazi German National Emblem and 'SA' roundel are perfectly fitted. It has a Nickel plated cross guard. The cross guard is marked ‘Wf’ to the SA Stormtroopers Wesfalen Group (North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in Western Germany). Its blade has the correct "Alles Fur Deutschland" (Everything For Germany) motto inscription. The cutting edges of the blade have no nibbles and has just light areas of rubbing consistent with scabbard carry. The dagger is complete with its original brown anodised metal scabbard with nickel plated chape & throat mount. The throat mount has a single hanging ring. The body of the scabbard has a shallow dent in the upper section of one side and the scabbard has lost some areas of original brown paint during its life. The price for this early SA dagger by one of the rarer makers includes UK delivery. Sn 22390 £745.00 |
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**Intermediate Production** WW2 1940 Dated Nazi German 1933 Pattern RZM & Maker Marked NSKK Dagger By M7/66 Eickhorn Solingen (Rarity 1) With Scabbard. Sn 22387 - 22387 This is an original 1933 pattern SA/ NSKK dagger and scabbard. The National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) wore standard SA daggers from 1933 until 1936 when black scabbards were adopted. The blade is crisply stamped with the Nazi RZM roundel and Nazi manufacturer code M7/66, 1940 date and Eickhorn Solingen maker trademark. The presence of RZM mark and Maker name indicated intermediate production. Early production daggers has just the maker name and late production had RZM code only. Eickhorn made approximately 52,000 of these daggers and are rated as rarity value 1 (10 being highest rarity value) in the book ‘The service daggers of the SA & The NSKK’ by Siegert. The wooden grips are original and undamaged. The Nazi German National Emblem and 'SA' roundel are perfectly fitted. It has a Nickel plated cross guard & pommel. The blade has the correct "Alles Fur Deutschland" inscription. The dagger is complete with its original NSKK black metal scabbard. The scabbard has a single hanging ring & nickel plated chape and throat mount. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22387 £695.00 |
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J.E. Middleton & Sons, Sheffield Large Hand Made Bowie Knife with Polished Buffalo Horn Scales, Embossed Mythical Beast Hybrid ‘Horse/ Alligator’ Brass Pommel & Scabbard. - ED 2195 - ED 2195 This is an impressive, large Bowie Knife hand made by J.E. Middleton (now deceased) & Sons. It has a perfect 8 ¾” long deep swept Bowie blade which is a broad 1 ¾” at its widest edge. The back of the blade has scalloped tool work. The ricasso is stamped with the famous Knife makers name "J.E. Middleton & Sons, Rockingham Street, Sheffield". It has a brass cross guard and polished Buffalo horn scales secured by brass rivets. Both of the brass pommel sections are embossed in the form of a mythical beast hybrid ‘Horse/ Alligator’. This Bowie is 14 ¼” in length overall and is complete with its black leather scabbard. The rear of the scabbard has a single belt loop impressed ‘RM’. All stitching and leather of the scabbard are intact. Price for this impressive Bowie includes UK delivery. ED 2195 £345.00 |
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**RARE MAKER**1936 Intermediate Production Nazi German Hitler Youth 'HJ' Dagger With RZM M7/30 & Maker Gebrüder Gräfrath Solingen Marks & Scabbard With Integral Frog. Sn 22383 - 22383 The Gebrüder Gräfrath Fabrik Feiner Stahlwaren company was founded in 1859. It registered with the Solingen authorities on December 30, 1879. The 1922 advertisement illustrated in image 1 offers: garden knives, grafting knives, tobacco knives, hunting knives, electrician knives (Kabelmesser), professional knives and pocket knives. In 1935, the company received its Nazi RZM licence and was located on Widderstraße 92. This is an original Hitler-Jugend (HJ) Hitler Youth dagger by the rare to find HJ dagger maker Gebrüder Gräfrath. It has a nickel plated pommel and cross guard in used as carried condition. It has its original undamaged black chequered grips, one inset with HJ red and white enamel HJ diamond with black and gold swastika. It has a 5 ½” long, broad single edged blade. The etched motto, "Blut und Ehre !" (Blood & Honour) on one side of the blade has been period neatly erased. The motto was introduced in 1933 and discontinued in August 1938. The other side is manufacturer marked ‘Gebr Gräfrath Solingen’ either side of the company trademark & has RZM M7/30 (Gräfrath’s Nazi Wartime armoury code) denoting an intermediate production Nazi HJ dagger (early production had just the maker’s name, intermediate had maker’s name & RZM code, late production just RZM code). The blade is also dated 1936 and is fitted with original leather hilt washer. The dagger has its original black metal scabbard with leather integral frog and retaining strap with press stud fastener (one of the 2 rivets fixing the belt loop to the scabbard is absent, the other is present & secure). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22383 £695.00 |
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WW2 Era Nazi German Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Officer's Dagger By WKC (Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie) Solingen & Scabbard. Sn 22379 - 22379 An original, 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Officer's dagger & scabbard. The dagger’s blade is marked by the maker ‘WKC Solingen (Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie) together with helm trademark. It has the correct distinctive 'Eagle with Swastika' design cross guard and ivory hue 'phenol resin' grip with ornate Oak leaf decorated, hilt mount and pommel. The Swastikas on the pommel have original gilt finish. The grooved grip has its original twist wire binding which is all tight and intact. Its original scabbard is decorated with a 'hammered' design and has 2 hanging ring mounts with Oak leaves decoration and Oak leaves panel in the lower section of the scabbard . The mounts are fitted with original hanging rings. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22379 £595.00 |
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Early WW2 1940 Nazi German Hitler Youth 'HJ' Dagger RZM Marked With Etched Motto Blade RZM M7/80 (Gustav C. Spitzer Solingen) & Scabbard With Integral Frog. Sn 22389 - 22389 The C. Gustav Spitzer AG Stahlwaren-Fabrik company began in 1863 by Carl Gustav Spitzer. It registered with the Solingen chamber of commerce on October 19, 1883. The 1922 advertisement illustrated in image 1 features four pocket knives and markets specialising in pocket and pen knives. During the Third Reich era, Spitzer made many edged weapons, including: Army, SA/ NSKK, SS, RLB, Luftwaffe daggers, dress and police bayonets and HJ knives. Spitzer received its RZM M7/80 licence in late 1937. It also received the SS contract code 1197 SS (1938 and 39). This is an excellent, original Hitler-Jugend (HJ) Hitler Youth dagger by C. Gustav Spitzer. It has a nickel plated pommel and cross guard in used as carried condition. It has its original undamaged black chequered grips, one inset with the hinged HJ red and white enamel HJ diamond with black and gold swastika. It has a 5 ½” long, broad single edged blade (the blade is correctly without the etched motto, "Blut und Ehre !" (Blood & Honour). The motto was introduced in 1933 and discontinued in August 1938). The blade is RZM marked M7/80 (Spitzer’s Nazi Wartime armoury code) & ‘40’ 1940 early WW2 date. The blade is fitted with original leather hilt washer. It is complete with original black metal scabbard with leather integral frog and retaining strap with press stud fastener. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22389 £695.00 |
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WW2 Era Nazi German Luftwaffe Hast & Uhthoff Dresden 2nd Pattern Officer's Dagger, Crossguard Period Engraved With Nazi Officer’s Initials ‘W.T’ & Bullion Cord, Portepee & Scabbard. Sn 22386 - 22386 An original, 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Officer's Dagger set. The blade is signed Hast & Uhthoff Dresden (a Nazi era maker & retailer of edged weapons). It has the correct distinctive Luftwaffe Eagle with Swastika' design cross guard. The rear of the crossguard has period engraved Initials ‘W.T’ most likely the Nazi Officer who owned this dagger. It has an undamaged ivory hue 'phenol resin' grip with ornate Oak leaf decorated hilt mount and pommel. The wire binding on the grooved grip is plain rather than the usual twist, all tight and intact. The Dagger has its original silver / aluminium bullion cord and portepee. Its original scabbard is decorated with a 'hammered' design & has Oak leaves panel near to the tip. The scabbard has 2 hanging ring mounts with Oak leaves decoration. The mounts are fitted with original hanging rings. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22386 £595.00 |
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