I saw the following dagger up for auction and was initially quite interested in trying to pick it up. Something about it just didn’t seem right, however, and eventually I came to the conclusion that the hanger had been added after the fact. I then realized that it was, in fact, listed as a parts dagger, which fit my conclusion, but not knowing a lot about these daggers and what exactly to look for with the hanger, I thought I would post it here for comments. What ultimately was the indicator for me was that the suspension rings from the scabbard were too large compared to all the other chained NSKK daggers I had seen and the fit between the handle and cross guards just didn’t seem right. I don’t know about the authenticity of the chain itself though, and would be curious to hear what parts people thought were original to the dagger vs. added.

Chris

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