Down the Cellar 110 - Subzero

Rime! Hoarfrost! The pitiless and piercing wind! Roads choked with frozen slop! You don't need to have a white raven land on your beanie hat to know that winter is here.
Brrr... It sure is cold down here! And the weather is not the only cold thing this week; the boxes have yielded a somewhat scanty harvest.
Tom and Ob brace themselves with a few (well, more than a few but who's counting) stiff tighteners and wade through the frigid and barren landscape of the cellar.
BOILERPLA... ER, GENERAL INFO:
Tom, Deb, and Ob would like to thank everyone who have been kind enough to send in gifts. Seriously, you guys are just the best.
I'd like to thank each and every one of you who take the time to watch DtC, and am very grateful to everyone who takes even more time out of their day to comment. In a perfect world Tom or Ob would be able to engage with everyone in the comment section, but alas the world is far from perfect. Tom doesn't know how (and refuses to learn) and Ob is something of a Luddite.
FAQ & A:
Q: I have a burning question about something in the video! What should I do?!
A: An email sent directly to Tom is the best way to get your question answered, because while he most definitely reads each and every one of your comments, he hasn't quite gotten the hang of replying to them in the comment section, and is not likely to in the foreseeable future. Or ever. Seriously, he still calls KZbin "the U-TOOBZ".
Tom's personal email is: [e-mail]
You can also call him if you prefer (856-866-8733) between the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM, EST. This may be slightly more difficult because he's forever running around away from his desk, but it's worth a shot.
Q: I have an amusing anecdote, scathing criticism, or heartfelt compliment that I deeply need to express and I require / demand / long for a personalized response! What should I do?
A: See "A" above.
Again, Tom's email is: [e-mail]
You may also want to check out our website: www.wwiidaggers...!

[@raivonraj]

I think that even if an object turns out to be a replica, it is rewarding when you also give a small talk about them for pure study purposes.👀

[@RobertM-sr3zh]

Excellent video as usual. Love the discussion of characteristics of deceptive made to fool pieces. Knowledge is money in the bank in this hobby and we collectors appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

[@MrTruckerf]

I like to see the counterfeits and the explanation on how one can tell. That is valuable information if it saves someone a lot of money because those daggers are not cheap.

[@TxominMorenoLopez]

Ud refleja el dicho"los coleccionistas son gente feliz"Es muy grato para mi verle.

[@BertsVintageBinoculars]

Great video, very entertaining. I'm learning every time. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@TerryC69]

Hello Team Wittmann! Listening to you guys wisecracking, is enough to sustain me. Another good episode.

[@jakefash3042]

Hey they can’t all be winners😂 still fun to watch so many duds come in.

[@kmac4124]

boy i thought Ol Whitmann was about to cry .....i actually liked the video ! hang in there Mr. Tom

[@splitwindowman]

Love the Youth pennant 👀

[@felixortmann5174]

❤❤❤as Always thank you Sir.gruss Felix From Düsseldorf Germany

[@agnusdei8442]

Better luck next time Wittmann, it was a great video again.

[@HelenDettore]

As the locater of Dr. Morell's pocket watch presented by Hitler I can add a few bits. A few, very expensive gold pocket watches were originally purchased by the NSDAP party in the 1930's. The watches had an alarm function that chimed. The soldier mentioned by Mr. Wittmann was indeed, assigned to the 321st Glider Field Artillery of the 101st Airborne Division. His assignment was to guard an extremely rare electron microscope in Dr. Morell's office at Hitler's Berchtesgaden home. That watch only survives due to a twist of fate, the 321st soldier who brought it back allowed his small-town jeweler to display the watch at his shop in the front window. A house fire destroyed all the other souvenirs which were brought back from Berchtesgaden, including a hoard of Hitler silverware.

[@redeemed.777]

Mr.W,you sir,are a suspenseful storyteller, nice doublebarrel 10 o'clocker

[@ME-pu9vb]

The Stahlhelm, Association of Front Soldiers was a military association during the Weimar Republic that was founded shortly after the end of the First World War on December 25, 1918 by the reserve officer Franz Seldte in Magdeburg. Seldte was chairman of the association together with Theodor Duesterberg. It was considered to be close to the anti-democratic German National People's Party (DNVP), so the Stahlhelm often provided (armed) hall protection at their party meetings.

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

Your first custom piece , could it been on a coffin of a dead soldier?? Love your show. I’m addicted 😂❤

[@tannerjones9687]

Time for the show 🙂👏

[@rjb6327]

That Bob Burns cutter sure was nice. 😄

[@MrTruckerf]

I admire how beautifully designed German artifacts are. Just top quality in everything they made. The Japanese artifacts my father brought back from the Philippines looks like cheap junk compared to the German stuff you handle.

[@Nighthawk1966]

Great stuff as usual Wittmann !

[@jakefash3042]

Great video as always

[@madpackrips]

As one of the top online sellers of German WW2 photos, postcards and paper items since 2001, I've made a small fortune off of cigarette cards and cigarette albums over the years. As the supply keeps drying up, they'll fetch premium prices in another 5 years. In 2022 I got a hold of a complete set of the adolf H. cigarette photos for the orange album, still in their original packages, and then still inside the original packaging from 1938 when the German guy bought them from the zigaretten company. They looked like they were just printed and all were in mint condition and brought good money on ebay and whatnot.

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

I’d like to know how much a fake can go for. It still a nice piece. For a beginner collector, is it a good choice ? Not to break the bank -and enjoy a bit of the past. 😮

[@horndima6312]

Фото люфтвафе бомба у вас всегда высший пилотаж.

[@mikewinkelman7015]

We had snow in Iowa 45 below wind chill.

[@michaelbronsteijn8492]

Hik Hik 😂

[@TheArizonan]

I would purchase a WAM sticker if you made them....just sayin.

[@adrianrylatt6324]

Although I am not a collector, I do enjoy your videos. I also like looking at the fakes. Maybe you can do a video on fakes alone.

[@leonardjanda6181]

Is WAM A DIET BEVERAGE ❤LOVE THE CHANNEL SIR🍸

[@jerrystieber2515]

What is best for keeping my edged weapons from discoloration and rusting ? Oil or Grease? If Oil what kind.... Gun Oil? What kind of grease Lithium, Vaseline or ??? Many thanks..

[@johnjenkins1589]

Renwax

[@irishrepub84]

will they sell that gorget chain like it is? I looked at the website in the gorget and miscellaneous sections and couldnt find anything.

[@connorpalmer9208]

I love how you guys always say “Weimar Colors” when it’s actually the imperial colors lol. Weimar is the same flag as the modern German Flag

[@jimrutherford2773]

I don't want to see good items coming in all the time. Whatever comes in that's the way it goes. If you had great stuff all the time I'd be suspicious that the unboxing would be a set up.

[@larryburwell8550]

i enjoyed the video alot, but every night is not the unboxing of rare nazi treasures is it?