Well, it certainly is cheaper, $35+, by my calculation at today's exchange rate, plus shipping. But I wonder if it is a case of "you get what you pay for", as it really looks cheap when you compare it to the Lutel daggers. It makes me think of the Hitler Jugend copies that they used to sell in the "men's true adventure magazines" when I was a teenager in the late 1950s.
Thomas, I am sorry and I am not trying to be nasty, but what you are comparing, here, is an inexpensive, mass produced knife with a largely hand-forged and finished dagger, and the difference will show. I would save my money and go for the Lutel, as it is much more historically accurate and, I suspect, much better made, especially if I were buying it as a part of a re-enacting outfit for that period.
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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller
[This message has been edited by FullerH (edited 06-13-2001).]
Thomas, I am sorry and I am not trying to be nasty, but what you are comparing, here, is an inexpensive, mass produced knife with a largely hand-forged and finished dagger, and the difference will show. I would save my money and go for the Lutel, as it is much more historically accurate and, I suspect, much better made, especially if I were buying it as a part of a re-enacting outfit for that period.
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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller
[This message has been edited by FullerH (edited 06-13-2001).]
