Hello.

I Have looked at an SA dagger that a friend has. The odd thing is the blade has no maker mark at all, no sign of grinding and the tang and everything else is text book. Correct in every detail except....NO MM...nada....blank.

My thoughts were a GI make up.

Any ideas?

Regards

20 + years ago I turned an NSKK ‘chained’ dagger up in a bunch of
relics that were without a doubt all genuine. The dolch had no maker on it and clearly never had had one. Since everything else was legit I just chalked it up to an oversight on the part of the factory.

I showed it to Tom Whittman and he immediately pointed out to me that the cross guards appeared to be a little ‘fat’.

He told me that he had observed this anomaly before (no maker SA) and it was invariably accompanied by the fat CGs. It’s a legitimate variation by a single maker but since the maker is ‘absent’ we may never know who that maker was.

Thanks for that info.

I spoke to TW about this and have passed the info on. I am also of the opinion that it is a genuine item from one source. The X guards on this one are maked inside H * very nice dagger.

Hi spock,heres an SA I have ,and there is no mkers mark,and no signs of grinding that I can see. regards nats

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Nats may i ask the gau stamp on this dagger?

Hi Paul,I had to have another look at the dagger to get the Gau mark,and I think it could be a ground Rohm. The Gau mark is, Sw
I bought an eagle of you to complete it,regards Best regards, Stan
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When I see these I'm inclined to believe them to be fully ground Rohms.