SS Himmler Honor Dagger  #326

Now the description. To begin with, this Himmler has the pedigree paperwork from Lt. Col. Johnson, when he first offered this dagger in his catalog back 1989. So not only is a copy of the listing included, but also the original bill of sale that TJ send with the dagger when it was purchased. The ebony grip on this baby is Eickhorn all the way. With the perfect SS flat runes button as well as their signature "long neck" eagle, the shape of this ebony handle is what we see with all early SS daggers from the famous Eickhorn Firm. The grip does have one small chip under the left eagle wing and a superficial, more of a line crack that extends from this area around the grip. It doesn't detract nor affect the structure of this nice grip, and as a matter of fact is even difficult for me to even show in my photographs. Other than that, no chipping, flaking nor any other challenges with the wood and is as nice as one could ever hope for on any SS dagger, let alone a Himmler Honor piece ! The fittings are solid nickel and have taken on that greenish / gold hue of a dagger that has never been cleaned since the end of WWII. Love it when I see them this way. The bottom crossguard is benchmarked "6" or "9" which ever. Something that all the purest want to see but sometimes on period early Eickhorn daggers, is sometimes not there. These crossguards a near perfect and fit very nicely to the ebony grip, compared to many early SS and SA daggers that we see from this period. The scabbard of this Himmler is a beauty ! All of the anodizing, gorgeous un-cleaned patina on the upper and lower chapel, all unturned screws and a full ball on the lower fitting; you will go time to find a shell any nicer than this one. It does have the original early snout-nose hanger on it which the leather has seen it's better days. Cracked and stressed, it's all there including the little leather loop. The nickel clip is perfect including the spring. The blade. As with the rest of this dagger, it is un-cleaned and matches exactly the rest of the components. The motto still retains the light gray original burnishing, and runs straight down the center of the blade. The Himmler dedication and signature is the same. It to still has the gray burnishing in each of the letter and stands out very pronouncedly. Himmler dagger are rare enough, but to add to this piece it is marked with the "serrated tail" squirrel logo. This logo is seen far less on Himmler's compared to the "smooth tail" Just look in Witty's bible and you'll see. The blade does show some light age, runner marks, light scrapes etc. but for an un-cleaned dagger that's to be expected. For the purest this piece hasn't been touched and perfectly matches in ever way.