Wehrmachts SG42 and M59 Sudanese

[tobi1418]

Here the famous SG42 of the German Wehrmacht, manufacturer "cof". Griptool is missing. Does anybody know, if there were other manufacturers of the knive and the griptool??

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[tobi1418]

Here the direct "son" of the SG42, the M1959 Sudanese by Interarmco. Made for the foreign legion or the belgish army, I've heard. Is that information true or just fantasy??

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[tobi1418]

At last both together, notice the bigger size of the 59 in all measures and the other differences. Blade is Bowie-style by SG42 and Dagger-style by M59. I've heard about rebuilded SG42 made from M59, does anybody know about it?

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[Richie B]

tobi

There are certainly fake (or should I say reproduction ?) SG42s around. The repros only became fakes when someone fraudulently mis-represents them as original.

I think they are made from scratch rather than being converted from the Interarmco model.

If you look at the two, I think there are too many differences to make it worth bothering with such a conversion.

Blade format.
Overall dimensions.
Difference in the grip attachment method - rivets on the original v screws on the Interarmco.
Differences in grip design.
Differences in the tool unit.

Just my thoughts - after all I'm not a faker !

Regards

Richie

BTW - nice to have an original SG42 in the collection - I'm jealous.

[tobi1418]

Ritchie, thanks for your quick reply. I've heard about some guy from Tschechoslowakia, who should be faken them. I don't know, if it's true. These both from collection are real.

[Richie B]

tobi

Have you seen this ?

http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-WW11-SG-42-BAYONETS-on-EBAY-BEWARE_W0QQugidZ10000000006884662

Regards

Richie

[tobi1418]

Hi Richie, thank you for the interesting link. Fortunately mine is not from Ebays

[Reibert-Austria]

Here the direct "son" of the SG42, the M1959 Sudanese by Interarmco. Made for the foreign legion or the belgish army, I've heard. Is that information true or just fantasy??

SG_59.JPG

SG_59 (2).JPG

Hi !

I´ve never heard ´bout that before ...