Recently bought in a lot. It is very nice and old dagger. Similar to forestry (i think). Blade looks like KS short. Tell me what this might to be ?

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Come on guys You have never seen one like this before ? Is this one of a kind dagger in the world ? Please help !!!

Certainly not an issued piece... Maybe WW1 or interwar private purchase side piece..For a well heeled type/ officer etc..

These type of knives fall under the general catagory of boot knives with "carbine" style blades. They have bayonet style blades and "S" shaped crossguards. There is an chapter about them in Johnson's Vol.7 of Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich.

Is that you Don?

Sure is Billy. Could not log in and had to re-register. No one can figure out how fix the problem and get me back to my old status.

Don,

Good to see you back. I remember seeing Dave get some older members' previous status back after GD had the initial problems when it switched to Groupee in 2004. Keep at it my friend.

Gottlieb,
If you look under the Houston Coates forum, page 2 under the heading "Pair of unusual hunting daggers" you'll see my pair of these similiar knives.
Regards,
MAZZ

Giving this another try to see if Vern successfully corrected my registration issues.