Early SS Dagger by Hammesfahr – D934

In this offering is a pretty decent ground Rohm Honor dagger. The grip is in good condition overall, considering how fragile these handles are. Being such, there is one what appears to be a wood fracture or chip at the upper right obverse, at the crossguard. Fortunately it looks to be the original wood which was put back in place, and not a composite repair. That aside, the rest of this handle is about as nice as it gets, especially when it comes to an SS dagger that is nearly 90 years old. An excellent nickel silver grip eagle is nicely centered and flush to the wood of this high contour handle. It is in fantastic condition, void of any surface wear. The same can be said for the SS runes button directly above it. The dual lightening bolt emblem displays not only all of the original black enamel, but also all of the beautiful silvering too. Both upper and lower crossguards are smooth to the touch, and display a nice muted patina over their surfaces. The lower reverse fitting is lightly stamped with Roman numeral III. Very typical for this manufacture, and as many of you collectors are familiar with.

The scabbard to this edged weapon is in good order. The shell remains straight, void of any splits, creases, splits, dings, or dents. The original period anodizing has held up decent, and remains solid at 85%. There is even a little bit of factory lacquer near the top fitting on both sides, where apparently a vertical hanger must have been worn with this scabbard. Both upper and lower nickel fittings are in place, and held properly by 4 factory dome head screws. In lieu of the fact that the lower fitting shows some minor surface imperfections, the bottom ball remains in exceptional condition.

We finish up with the blade. It is full length, void of any tipping, sharpening, buffing, or cutting edge chips. While there is some surface moisture marks where the runner and throat rested on the steel, it’s not all that totally horrible. Not only is there a gorgeous burnished Meine Ehre heist Treue running straight down the obverse, this blade has a fantastic crossgrain from crossguard to tip on the obverse. On the reverse is appears that the recipient of this honor dagger followed the directive in regards to the removal of the Ernst Rohm dedication that it once had. The grinding job is quite smooth, and there is a possibility that the edged weapon firm may have performed this alteration. A neat historic dagger all the same, considering there were only 9900 of these SS Rohms manufactured in early 1934. On the reverse the grinder did not get into the trademark all that much. As you can see the complete Gottlieb Hammesfahr logo intact.

A nice solid nickel silver, early M33 SS dagger. SOLD