I have looking for a nicotine colored patinated babie with a minty blade for a long time.
I think I found her!

Sam,

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Holy smoke Sam !!
I wonder if the previus owner is still alive
after that patination
Great dagger and pics my friend,
love that dark pimpled motto !
Hakan

Wonderful dagger Sam, I really love it !

Outstanding! That's better than the "minty" ones in my opinion. I sure like to see them like that.

I've often wondered if the air does that or is it really nicotine alone?

Mark

Thank you for kind words fellows!!
I'm glad that you're like my new golden babie

Pat!Your dirty NSKK is really something

Sam,

Sweet!!!!!

Beautiful dagger. This maker used prison labor in the production of their daggers as I remember reading in the Wittmann offering.

The wait was worth it! Congrats!

I like them like that too...untouched.
Very Nice.
Tough to find like this anymore since most of them were "improved" somewhere along the way in the past 65 years.

Beautiful dagger, one thing I have never understood about these nicotine tarnished items is that in order to aqquire this even coating of cr*p you would have thought the dagger would need to be sat in the open, on a desk, cabinet or wall for years and not tucked away in a sock drawer, with the blade in easy reach for fingerprints, wear and tear etc.
On the rare occasion one turns up, like the one above with a pristine blade the only explanation I can think of for storage is out of reach....on a cupboard or shelf up high.
Us dagger collectors think of the strangest things .

Yep, as I posted on the other forum. One's like this have a story to tell. I cringe whenever I hear they were cleaned to look new again. Congrats.

Sam

You need to stop smoking, look what that have done to your nice dagger

Ståle

Nice dagger, cool patina!

BTW ... and the lung of the guy, who owned this dagger for many years, has now the color of a NSKK scabbard

Thanks to all for kind inputs, appreciated!

I’ve been told that this dagger and its twin were hanging in a bar for over 40 years, so the golden patina has a natural explanation for sure. Amazing isn’t it?

Sam,

Sam, Congrats! Simply one of the best looking SA's I have seen! All the contrast with the nicotine and the DARK burnished etch! Just outstanding. Kevin.

Oh,and where is the twin you spoke of??

Wow. Look at the motto burnishing!!

Does anyone remember the nicotine patina debate a few years back? I for one believe in it. I base this opinion on experiences with various pieces. If you recall, some mantain the yellow acrid patina was nothing more than typical oxidation.

It's often more than nicotine. Have you ever taken something down off a cabinet in the kitchen after it has sat there for few years? If you do a lot of frying like we do, it's got a coating of oil and dust on it. If something like that has sat in a restaurant/bar, it's a mixture of grease, nicotine and smoke and who knows what else that will coat it.