Hi to all.
Just picked up this one: being not an expert of
darks, I'll be grateful to have your evaluations. Thanks for helping.



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Looks like a very nice transistional SS. I wonder what happened to the lower scabbard fitting though?

Thanks Sdp, I appreciate yr help.
I have a doubt for what concerns the stamp on the tang:
Fisher reserves the CAH mark to Hammesfahr and Schaaff, on the contrary Ja Henckels was reported with a #1 stamped...??Maybe is this valid for SA only? Or it is not imperative those marks were solely for these makers?
Again: the xguards are not marked inside....the lower has a 'strange' circle all around the orifice....I'll try to get some other closed pics...
Following are pics of both guards.

Hi looks fine to me as well. If you ever decide to part with it please let me know. Thanks and cheers, Ryan

There is something about the maker mark and RZM logo that I do not like.They look flawless condition wise and the color seems to dark.Not the slightest rub ,drag or wear mark. It might look different if it was in hand.

To me the colour appears as the usual, no problem about that: on the contrary, look at that 'disk' around the hole of the lower guard...correct for you?
for what concerns the characters of the motto and the shape of the maker mark, here I wish to have the evaluations of the 'dark side' experts....wting fr comments

The trademark and what I can see of the dagger look OK. See another example below.

I would be very cautious before making any serious purchasing decisions based on whether a certain gau mark or crossguard mark or tang mark is "reserved" for any specific manufacturer. As an example, I have seen CAH on the tangs of 941 code Eickhorns and an early FW Backhaus.

Doctor... I should let you post your picture first but.... do you mean strange circles in the crossguards that look like this?

Those are injection-moulded crossguards and those things are not crop circles

They are where the metal was injected into the mould. The have the letters F and B which are often encountered.

Dave

Daves picture of his exact trade mark explains my point 1 His trade mark shows wear 2. It is lighter in color. 3 .Look at the N in Henckels they are different.4 .The line thru the Z is shorter on Daves.5 .The right leg of the R is shorter.. The letters in the mark I question are more compressed . These are just somethings to observe not written in stone