RAD Hewer

[lach470]

Hey gang! Here's a piece that showed up yesterday! Man, do I love these big boys! This has to be the most "heavy duty" knife produced in the TR....Love the quarter inch blade. This example is also unit marked, which means it was owned by unit 804 out of Mannheim. That means that this knife would be issued and then returned, then issued, then returned! These unit marked example are harder to find and the condition on this one is great considering how often it would have been issued.

Came with the original hanger and given the first pattern hanger and the Eick stamp....I would assume it was manufactured sometime around 1938.

Hope you guys like it! I think it's killer!

Cheers!

Rob

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more....Here are the unit markings on the scabbard and the knife!!

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last ones....

[J Temple-West]

Rob

Wonderful condition, premier maker?what more could you ask for.

[lach470]

Hi John! Thanks man! Glad you like it! It is certainly a nice piec imo! I can't see this leaving my collection for a while!

Cheers!

Rob

[lach470]

A little update: it looks like the Hewer would have been the property of Abteilung 804 of Arbeitsgau Magdeburg (not Mannheim)....Regardless...I'm one happy puppy to have this added to my collection!

Cheers!

Rob

[J Temple-West]

Here?s mine by ?Ed W?sthof ? Solingen? (still in operation today making kitchen knives.) The hanger is by "Assmann"

This particular piece was found in Hamburg in the storeroom of a butcher?s shop wrapped in a piece of paper marked 1938.

[lach470]

Hi John! WOW...what a super looking piece! I'd love to see more pics if you have them! Just goes to show too: you never know where some of these items will show up!

Cheers!

Rob