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Help needed: Early Wenger Officer's SAK

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us Offline Myron

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Help needed: Early Wenger Officer's SAK
on: July 12, 2019, 01:24:12 AM
Fellow Knights,

A friend wrote me today with pictures of a very early Wenger officer's SAK of some sort.  Since I'm an expert in neither early SAKs nor Wengers (of any sort, really) I thought I would post his pictures here and see if one of MTo's many experts could help us identify it. 

I'd love to know anything about it, and maybe get a ballpark idea as to its value if anyone knows.  In the pictures showing two knives, please ignore the black knife at the top. 

Thanks in advance! 

Myron





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Re: Help needed: Early Wenger Officer's SAK
Reply #1 on: July 13, 2019, 03:37:22 AM
Really?   Can no one at least point me in the right direction on this SAK? 

TIA,

Myron
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Re: Help needed: Early Wenger Officer's SAK
Reply #2 on: July 13, 2019, 05:46:51 PM
I don't know much about Wengers and I was (and still am) hoping that someone knowing more than me would answer here so that I can learn from it. Since it didn't happen so far, I'm saying the little that I can.

It looks to me like a stainless steel SAK, so I believe that it's likely to be from the 1930's or early 1940's (1920-1950 should be a "safe" range). Note that the tang stamp used on this knife appears in Ulli's table, with the range of years 1920-1945.

Value? If it was in good condition without serious issues, I would have said about $100, but it seems to have at least one significant issue: the bail is detached on one side and a part that is important for holding the knife together is missing. If this is the only real issue and the springs are at least OK (providing reasonable snap), I would say $50.

I will be more than happy if anyone with more knowledge will add it here and/or correct me if I'm wrong.

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Re: Help needed: Early Wenger Officer's SAK
Reply #3 on: July 13, 2019, 07:29:10 PM
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Re: Help needed: Early Wenger Officer's SAK
Reply #4 on: July 14, 2019, 05:18:13 PM
Thanks MiniChamp and MTMatt!
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