mustang

guess thats as crisp as you can get , nice one

and just to add to the ivory,diamonds and ruby, a damast blade

orange celluloid....white ..ivory

pommels

h.j. wilm jeweller 2nd luft crossguard

hope this works

ok, second try

goofed with resizing ,will try again

my two 2nd lufts

thanks for this Bob , is this based on hirschfanger models or do you know of another amazone with this suspension fitting ?, regards,mustang

that is excellent,thankyou greatly for the help,if i can do pics of other side could you help with that please. regards,mustang

hi,need help with sword tang markings please,

im sure they used just coloured glass,but the pink eyes do ,look nice. ,but on special custom edged weapons then,ivory grips,rubbies and even diamonds used........but on exceptional pieces only.

i have a rare bit of paper dated 1844 that shows captain and second lietenant uniforms as officers of kriegskorvette amazone.both wear hirschfangers in frog type suspension and adorn officers portapees, so can any naval experts out there please tell me ranks between second lieutenant and cadets in prussian navy circa 1844. any ideas gents ?

thats one point id never thought of (sorry about play on words),ive never looked at mine and compared blade to scabbord length and looked at other pics to compare theirs. guess all blades would have been made pointed then shortened and ground round for cadets,maybe more points (?) to officers and cadets amazone`s. will check my references,thanks for bringing this up. as the amazone sunk with all hands lost i guess these dirks were from previous crew or left at shore for dress purposes,if they were kept on board i guess the largest proportion of what were ever made are at the bottom of the north sea