Well, I am going out on a limb and assuming that you will want to see a thread on Luft2 maker marks.

I will start with the letters A (Alcoso),B (Buchel) and C (Clemen & Jung) and post some marks.

If you are interested, maybe we can go all the way to the letter Z (Zeitler).

I have 4 Alcoso maker marks, and here they are:

ACS Script letters

ACS Block Letters

And, the late AWS version

I have only seen the one Rudolf Buchel mark

And here is the Clemen & Jung

The Clemen & Jung has the crown/shield on the obverse.

I will stop for now, and if interest is there, I can continue with the letter E (Eickhorn, Esser & Co) and F (Fridericus).

John

show them all JOHN.

Yes John please do. BTW your photography has come a looooooong way!!
This is the kind of thread I book mark and refer back to. Thanks for sharing.

Today, I will post my 4 (yes 4) Eichorn TM variations and finish off the letter E with an Esser & Co

The first Eickhorn is what is probably a very early production 35-41 mark on a plated blade:

The neat thing about this is the waffen amp stamp on the obverse of the blade (it is this that convinces me of its very early production):

Then, there is the standard 35-41 mark with squirrel holding sword:

Later, there was a small stamped version of the 35-41 mark:

And, finally, the late over shoulder mark used by Eickhorn:

Esser & Co is commonly thought of as a distributor, not as a manufacturer. But, in this case, Esser & Co is the only mark on the blade, so it is a legitimate TM variation.

I know of at least two versions of the Fridericus TM, but have only this one.

I believe that Janos of this forum has a variation of this mark in his possession. Maybe, we could ask him to post it here for reference purposes. And, if anyone has versions of the previous marks that are not pictured here, I ask that they please post them into this thread.

Please do not post pictures of later letters until they show up here to keep things semi-organized.

I will be posting the letter H soon (today or tomorrow)... Hack, Henckels, Hast&Uhthoff, Gebr Heller, F Herder, RA Herder, Holler, Horster.

John

Fantastic tread John.Keep em coming

John,
great thread, congrats!
Here is the photo of the Fridericus TM variant.
Your 2nd Luft collection is amazing!

Janos

Hi Janos.Nice to see ur Fridericus again

Josef Hack, an uncommon maker of Luft2s (and Armies), is represented by two maker marks.

The first one is the more commonly known fish in an oval mark:

The second J Hack mark is the same fish, but no oaval:

Hast & Uhthoff is also known as a distributor, but this first maker mark is also the only mark on the blade.

The second version of the Hast & Uhthoff is this one, and it has a mark on the obverse. See next picture.

The obverse to the above maker mark is a rat tail squirrel, indicating the Eickhorn firm:

I also know of at least two J Henckels maker marks, this is the first one:

And this is the second Henckels TM that I have:

Gebr Heller, Marienthal is commonly known as the balloon man for obvious reasons:

F Herder is the crossed keys TM

RA Herder version 1

RA Herder version 2