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Posting for wolf100 here:

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Thank you very much for posting, Tor. I believe this is sure a good dagger, i really want to buy it. I just want to have your okay. Because i got burned a few times.

I recognize those as Paul Hogle's photos. You do not have to worry about his daggers.

Wolf100, Hello! From the pics, there does'nt appear to be an ['] accent mark over the i, in Meine! All my S/S daggers have this mark over the i in Meine and also in Heist. Just my observation and maybe some of the more learned members can elaborate on this! Regards

I really like the looks of this one Marc, and if it's actually coming from Paul/Lakesidetrader (and not from someone using his photos), I would also feel you can buy with confidence! I've always found Paul good to deal with and would love to spend more of my money in Canada and would purchase more from him, if it were possible.

Good catch Leipzig! Now this makes it interesting!

Overall a very acceptable looking dagger. I have dealt with Paul. He stands by his stuff. As a previous poster said, make sure it is coming from lakesider.com and not another site using his pictures.

I would get your mind around the issues associated with the "i" accent mark first. I hope some of the folk on this site can enlighten us if they have seen this issue before.

I remember his description stated the blade tip on this one was slightly worked on (1 mm short
). It was well done.

The dagger is from Pauls website. I didn´t see the missing (´) until now. Strange! I don´t think that this i okay.

I´ve talked to paul and he said, that this is also the first time, that he sees the missing of the (´). He thinks, that maybe the machine had an error. I will let this dagger go and take the Klaas dagger on his site. Please take a look at it on www.lakesidetrader.com

Thank you Cheers Marc/Wolf100

Well, those templates were very temporary (wax I think) and fragile, so it's easy to see where an occasional small error would occur...since not many would notice (I missed it too when I saw it on his site) Nothing that a thousand dollar discount wouldn't cure....just joking!

Look in Wittmans SS book page 697 it looks like a characteristic of Gottlieb Hammesfahr.

I don't know zorro . . . I can still see the (') on the page 697 example in my copy of T. Wittmann's book. Perhaps though, like the example on page 697, the etch was so shallow on the one Paul is offering, that normal wear and tear obliterated it. It's been a while since I've seen a post from Paul but I'd like to hear his thoughts on it, as he has examined this dagger in hand. In fact I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has a Gottlieb Hammesfahr in their collection, with this anomaly?

Oh, I'm around and still learning from all you guys on GDC, as far as the etch. I've never been the type to defend a piece to the death. Life is way too short. Since you ask. I can't say I've ever seen it either. To be quite frank, only after Marc mentioned it did I notice it. I pulled out an eye loop and had a good look there is no trace of it.
I am quite confident the dagger is authentic. I would never put it, or anything else for that matter, on the site if I did not feel that way. Having said that, I absolutely have made mistakes and likely will make more. No dealer is perfect. One has to look at the whole piece and examine all evidence before making determination. Rather, I see it as a manufacturing abnormality. Contrary to what many believe, the Germans were not perfect. Such small "variations" occurred. If we opened a thread just looking at abnormalities I'm some interesting things would come up. I lined this up with another Hammesfahr I have and it matches the etch exactly, except for this. I would suggest it is most likely that the accent area was not clear prior to etching. This is a tiny slit in the template that was either missed or somehow got blocked prior to etch. Look at the accent in person- without the use of blown up pictures. This is a very very small detail. I am wondering if perhaps a few slipped through this way before the error was caught. Years ago such small details few would ever catch. Only today with the aid of digital photography and super sized pics are such subtleties seen. Really interesting to see these small things.

I´m sad, i let this dagger go, but i will buy the early Klaas dagger from Paul now and this one is also a wonderful dagger!!
I´m happy, that i ´ve found Paul´s website. He is a honorable and trustable guy. Thanks a lot

Marc

Thanks for your input Paul! As I said from the very beginning I too really like the looks of this one and wouldn't mind having it in my collection, aberration included, if we could workout away around that crippling GST!