Early Storm Trooper’s Dagger by Grafrath – D1005

It was bound to happen, and we’ve now been experiencing it for several years. As with minty M33 SS daggers and HJ knives, the exceptional condition SA daggers are now about as scarce as the forementioned other two edged weapons. It’s not just due to long time collectors buying these pieces up, but those new to the hobby in the last half dozen years as well. If you have been searching high and low for such an SA, don’t let this one slip by you.

The medium brown colored handle to this dagger is in very good condition. With the exception of one hairline on the obverse at the lower crossguard, and a very similar one on the reverse, it is in decent shape. As for the rest of the wood, it is void of any chips, flakes, repairs, pressure marks, or missing material. Both the eagle and SA runic remain in fantastic shape, with virtually little to no wear to each of those emblems. The solid nickel crossguards have taken on a muted patina over their surfaces, as nothing has been cleaned nor polished on this entire edged weapon.

As far as scabbard go, probably less than 1% of all early SA shells look like the example in this offering. It remains straight, void of any splits, hits, bumps or dings. The gorgeous brown anodizing is outrageous, and rates 100%. But on top of that, the protective factory clear lacquer coating is 99%! Collectors, you just don’t see this but very rarely, as most edged weapon enthusiasts are all too well aware of. I can’t stress it enough, the scabbard to this Grafrath Storm Trooper’s dagger is an absolute thing of beauty. Both upper and lower solid nickel fittings have taken on the same patina as the hardware on the hilt, and match those components to a tee. Even the bottom ball on the lower chape is void so much as a single tap. Four factory dome head screws hold the fittings perfectly tight to the shell. Through the upper fitting loop is the period hanger that this scabbard came with. It appears to be a little later construction, as the clip is plated steel, and the leather RZM marked.

And the blade. It’s about as nice as they come. A couple extremely very minor specks of surface age barely worth mentioning, is basically it.  A truly fine early Storm Trooper’s dagger in it’s entirety, culminating with this beautiful blade.

This Gebr Grafrath SA comes with high marks, and highly recommended.     SOLD