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    Something you don't see very often. TR Army dagger


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    Here is an Army you don't see every day. 1st style, brass based fittings and scabbard by EPack. Type 1 grip. Made very early in the period. Dagger was made by another of the small time outfits that didn't spend too much time making Army daggers. They obviously used parts they bought from someone else..

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    I suspect that many of these small cottage makers only made daggers early during the 3rd Reich and closed their doors when the war started,or very soon after.Seems only the bigger makers(like WKC,Eickhorn,Alcoso,and Holler for example) were able to continue making them until around 1943.

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    Scott

    The dagger does have a nice patina, I think in most part due to the early heavily plated brass base metal used in most of the early fittings like these EPacks. I especially like the type 1 grips, like this one. You've got some nice looking Armys yourself.....

    I have always believed that for the most part, some if not nearly all of the smaller makers that we don't see many examples of, they did make Armys and then stopped the practice and moved on to other things since they were unable to break into the bigtime production like some of the makers. Some other small outfits that are rare makers, seemed to continue making well into the period. Confusing at times...

    DJ

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