haha yes, you could almost taste the desperation from Messrs Iqbal and Weinand. I love the two memes but the reaction to the photoshop with the guy wearing a
DJ knife is surprising because although Wittmann claims to have such a photo (a period one - yeah, right) it has clearly never been seen by his friend Weinand otherwise he would surely have mentioned it? I'm beginning to despise WAF with its shill culture and protectionist policies towards its rich sponsors.
Bob Iqbal keeps on showing himself on that thread to be someone I instinctively do not trust. He's loving the the support he got to get the ban hammer down on WAF by moderator Serge M who really has no idea what he's talking about either but I have been told that he is always more than happy to say anything, even proper nonsense, to protect the WAF sponsors. Serge M is Serge Mache IRL by the way. I've seen him at shows and apparently hes a good friend of Wittmann's and other dealers so perhaps that's the reason that questions on the red forum are unwelcome. Here's his evidence for why the DJ knife is authentic,
1. "Examples shown in 1937 Klaas Catalog".
2. "Numerous examples purchased back-in-the-day, from vets at motel buys".
3. "Numerous bags with DJ designation encountered from different companies".
4. "And the great 1944 Damage/Loss report thankfully provided by Damasco, calling small knives"
Well lets see now..
1. NO example of the DJ was shown in that 1930s Klaas catalogue
2. Subjective, no proof. Motel and vet buys have been discredited too often to act as evidence on their own.
3. Yes, that's because the HJ and DJ shared a common knife. The bag he is thinking of is the standard paper knife knife bag for the standard HJ/DJ knife.There is NO bag known that was specifically made for these little DJ knives.
4. The great what? The only thing on the list of any interest is "small blades HJ". No mention of small grips or small scabbards. To go from "small blades HJ" to the present day and a little knife with a diamond on the scabbard and calling it DJ is a pretty long jump...