Raimey is correct in that both Scherping and Loesche were considered upper rung HofBuchsenmachers in the Hannover area and their Firearms exhibit a similar artistic flair to them but with the death of Heinrich Scherping in 1913 and with the Brothers Eckebrecht at the helm and continuing the busisiness as late as 1937. Now it appears that the 2 brothers expired within a year of each other around 1928-29 and am not quite sure of who was in charge of the shop from 29 to 1937. It does seem odd for Lippert to contract his special Waidblatt purchase from the Scherping shop as is so marked on the blade as these are the only knives seen to date carrying the Scherping name. Not sure exactly how many were made (reportedly 13)I have seen 4 or 5 to date & I have 1 as well as one of the 200 replica's made by Willi Ulrich of Solingen. The advertisement from Wild & Hund 1937 listed the retail price at 45 RM & that was more than the cost of a high end officers Dress dagger at the time. As Raimey has pointed out it does seem odd that Lippert chose the Scherping shop over Loesche as other examples of edged weapons have been noted as coming from the Loesche shop but no others have surfaced bearing the Scherping name, may have been due to Scherpings clientel list??
Best Regards,
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