PmMeYourCats Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Got this in a group recently and have been gently cleaning the blade around the markings to get a better look at them. It's a little pitted but overall not bad. On the spine it has a imperial crown and "17" indicating the year of production. I've always wanted one of these but a sawback would have been preferred~ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Have you checked the back spine for tooling marks, this would suggest that it was once a saw back, and later the teeth were removed as per regulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PmMeYourCats Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 8 hours ago, Davejb said: Have you checked the back spine for tooling marks, this would suggest that it was once a saw back, and later the teeth were removed as per regulations I have indeed and it has never had a sawback sadly. Usually you can see where it was due to a lot of metal being missing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Got one of these myself @BryanDavidson, mine is made by Erfurt though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PmMeYourCats Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 I do love the butcher blade! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 36 minutes ago, BryanDavidson said: I have indeed and it has never had a sawback sadly. Usually you can see where it was due to a lot of metal being missing. The reason I asked was that the back spine looked very close to the fuller groove, almost too close, but if you have,nt found any tool marks then it might not have had teeth to begin with, I cant remember the date that all sawbacks were banned, Ok just checked,. sawbacks in the German Army were removed by order in 1917. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Also I notice that your one might have a flash guard which was introduced in 1915 to stop muzzle flash from damaging the bare wooden handle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PmMeYourCats Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Davejb said: Also I notice that your one might have a flash guard which was introduced in 1915 to stop muzzle flash from damaging the bare wooden handle Yeah you can find these without that and they are usually pre war example's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlittle Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I can't really tell, but is the blade blued or bare metal? I have one but the finish doesn't look as good as the one pictured. Mine is blued and not a sawback either. In the same trade I did get a k98 that is a sawback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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