Ground Rohm Honor SA Dagger by F. Dick – D956

I haven’t a clue who F. Dick was, but it’s always a little weird when I have to write up one of these SA daggers produced by this firm. “This is a beautiful Dick of the highest quality…..You’re absolutely not going to believe the blade on this Dick…..etc”. Anyway, although this maker is fairly common, they made one hell of an SA dagger, and this is another example which we have in this listing.

As you can see, the dark brown grip to this dagger is in very decent shape. It is void of any chips, flakes, splits or cracks, and the wood nicely fits the crossguards with minimal shrinkage. It exhibits a range of colors all the way to beautiful dark reds. It has a couple light pressure marks mainly confined to the reverse side which are nothing all that detracting. As we see with some other makers who coated their handle with a protective clear, a few spots of lacquer still cling to the grip. Both nickel silver grip emblems are in fine condition, and have been expertly placed in this handle. Both the eagle and SA runic button still retaining wonderful detail to the features of each. The hardware fittings on this hilt remain uncleaned as well as unpolished, and shows nice patina over their surfaces. Stamped into the reverse of the lower crossguard is the Gruppe mark; Sw. Definitely an attractive hilt on this early SA.

The scabbard to this edged weapon is pretty good throughout. Although the anodizing has thinned a bit over the years, it still provides a decent coverage over the surface. This shell is mainly void of any major issues, with just a small ding on the reverse. The same is true of the nickel fittings. They have taken on the same patina as the crossguards and remain unpolished. 4 untouched dome head screws hold the fittings in place and tight to the shell. Attached to the hanger ring is a supple leather snout nose hanger that this scabbard came with. A pretty decent scabbard overall.

When it comes to the blade to this SA, it is full length, void of any buffing, tipping, cutting edge chips, or sharpening. It has a beautiful luster to the surface, and a stunning crossgrain all the way through. On top of that, the light gray burnished Alles fur Deutschland couldn’t be nicer. The reverse is where this Dick gets a bit special. You can see part of the maker mark is missing because this is a ground Rohm honor blade. It’s hard to say whether the factory accomplished this for the edged weapons owner, or if he did it himself.  A excellent blade on this early SA all the same.

A nice early nickel silver, ground Rohm honor dagger.     SOLD