Austrian Hunting Dagger-Plz help with approx age.

Aurangzeb · 7th October 2007, 12:31 AM

Hello Spirel!

Heres the marking, I could not get a good enough picture of it so I did the next best thing! Too bad the maker did not put a manufature date on it. I have no intention of using it, the deer hoof is just too fragile and will eventually loose all it's hair so I figure before it gets destroyed by nature I would replace it with a more durable substance. And...for some strange reason women don't find a disembodied deer hoof attractive!

If I get 2 more knives(I also have Czechoslovak one) and rehilt them I can have an entire deer worth of hooves! I think it is still collectable to me just not as much as it would be, but then we must ask ourselves how many people collect 20th century deer hoof knives from central Europe...

Mark...
P.S.- It did come with a "high" quality sheath, but by "high" I mean one would have to be "high" on drugs to think it was quality! Sheath was definatly not origenal.

7th October 2007, 12:31 AM	#6
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hello Spirel! Heres the marking, I could not get a good enough picture of it so I did the next best thing! Too bad the maker did not put a manufature date on it. I have no intention of using it, the deer hoof is just too fragile and will eventually loose all it's hair so I figure before it gets destroyed by nature I would replace it with a more durable substance. And...for some strange reason women don't find a disembodied deer hoof attractive! If I get 2 more knives(I also have Czechoslovak one) and rehilt them I can have an entire deer worth of hooves! I think it is still collectable to me just not as much as it would be, but then we must ask ourselves how many people collect 20th century deer hoof knives from central Europe... Mark... P.S.- It did come with a "high" quality sheath, but by "high" I mean one would have to be "high" on drugs to think it was quality! Sheath was definatly not origenal. Attached Images