Rare original daggers[Hundreds] Thomas Wittmann has opened his locker!

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[@BottleBri]

Now we know why German daggers are so expensive. He’s got them all.

[@brianknowles7130]

Afraid not me thinks ! Many moons ago I saw a pair of ceremonial daggers taken from Admiral Donitz at the time of the German surrender. He was disrobed [ disarmed ] and the daggers were given to an army security guy. The guy was never told what to do with them, so he kept them. Tend to think the Donitz family ought have them really. Oh well

[@jackhammer7824]

@@brianknowles7130 The Dear Admiral ♥, should have gotten a recipt.

[@dzeplous]

@@jackhammer7824 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jackhammer7824]

@@Tarsan97 You live in Israel?

[@jackhammer7824]

@@Tarsan97 Norway, beautiful Country. I have Norwegian blood. Dupertines contractor disease in both hands because of it.

[@barbymccain2436]

His knowledge is more valuable than all the daggers in the safe.

[@adisnikontovic2982]

Excellente observation and true agree 100%

[@Sheabizzy]

Bang on

[@claytonbigsby423]

Amen

[@GaMeRfReAkLIVE]

Especially just off the top of his head

[@barbymccain2436]

I like when he made the comment about it being much cheaper if, you can learn from other people’s mistakes. He’s just too cool. Wish I could sit and talk to him for a couple of years 😁👍🏻

[@santossteven97]

This is not a collection, this is a museum. It's unbelievable what Mr. Wittmann has collected. Thank you for these videos, it's always very interesting how he explains the whole story and style of the pieces to us.

[@dmskorzenyable]

You should follow his channel if you don't already. His videos are pretty cool and informative.

[@Dave062YT]

I'm not a collector or fan but what a great guy .full of knowledge and passion .loved it!

[@rossboss7341]

Great scammer too!

[@Christian.Knight]

​@@rossboss7341?? Can you explain??

[@RobertMiller-ye9hm]

@@Christian.KnightYeh I think same as you Scammer. What a stupid comment. This old guy comes across as lovely guy . There are some queer people leaving stupid comments on KZbin . This old man is a real gentleman

[@6omega2]

I love how the Germans had dress daggers for almost every occupation. Can you imagine a U.S. Postal mail carrier walking around today, delivering mail while wearing his postal dress dagger? LOL!

[@brittakriep2938]

As far as i know, some members of US postal sevice are armed security personal. In many Wild West movies, robbers try to rob the post/ money box and money, jewelry etc. the travellers from a post coach, and a ,shotgunrider' was next to the driver. This happened sometimes also in Germany, the postmen had been usually unarmed, but sometimes, when paying a fee(?) a policeman accompnied the coach. Sometimes the postmen on foot did not only deliver letters or small parcels, the ,Geldbriefträger'/ money postmen had to deliver money. As far as i know, in imperial Gernany the ,Geldbriefträger' had truncheons. Posttrains/post raiilway wagons had been accompanied by armed railway men/ railway police or Bahnpolizei. Formerly sometimes in large post offices there had been few arms. In Hitler era, i don't think, that ordinary postmen carried daggers, but surely the armed men of Postschutz / postal protection . When in wwll outside of Germany, reststance groups attacked german trains, the defenders had been often no soldiers, but men of Bahnpolizei and Postschutz. Few decades ago the son of a postman told me, his father has pepper spray from ( German) Federal Post, but not against post robbers, but for dangerous dogs.

[@garywoolnough1531]

I work for the UK postal service i would love a nice dress dagger to wear.

[@skigdividerx4991]

@@brittakriep2938 I am a mechanic for the post office. I know that the postal inspectors are nobody to mess with. Probably armed. I think years ago some post masters were issued revolvers for their post office. The post office used to be the best ran gov. agency and a honorable place to work. Like everything else in our great country it has fallen to corrupt unions and bureaucrats. Happy New Year!

[@brittakriep2938]

@@skigdividerx4991 : I am german. Up to the 90s the german , Deutsche Bundespost' / German Federal Post' ( dating back to 1496!) was a Gouvernement Organisation and the employees had been Beamte/ officals. The ,Deutsche Post' , no more ,federal' , of today is a private company. Formerly , before the 90s, also todays Telecom ( telephone) and Postbank ( postal Bank) had been part of ,Deutsche Bundespost'. Also, similar to your words about USA, the quality is lower now.

[@skigdividerx4991]

@@brittakriep2938 I hope to visit Germany someday. The German people are fascinating people and probably the smartest people today. As for Americans, normally when things are ran privately here it runs faster, smarter, better than our corrupt government could. I hope you have a great new year!

[@Plumbump]

I love how all his legal postings are inside the safe door, just as i'd expect from a guy smoking a cigar and drinking a beer during a tour of his rare dagger collection. The cat pics on the outside are more important.

[@TyroneBeiron]

Plus 'Tom Selleck' as Magnum PI.... 😆

[@VitaKet]

This was surprisingly wholesome seeing two guys from opposites sides of the planet bonding over their hobby.

[@JimIBobIJones]

I am not sure I would describe anything with this many Nazi artefacts involved as "wholesome".

[@wadehampton1737]

I have bought several daggers and a sword from Mr. Wittman. A fine gentleman and honest businessman. I think very highly of him.

[@muhammadzubairjaved2546]

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[@cleophusA]

WOW! JUST WOW!!! This gentleman's depth and breadth of knowledge is simply astounding. His collection is jaw droppingly amazing, but the biggest treasure in that safe was him! Thank you so much for sharing all this with us. I feel extremely privileged.

[@redzed40]

He had me hooked at the cat pics

[@Fatvod]

Dudes drinking a beer and INHALING his cigar. What a boss

[@gaylordpantamime]

Absolute stud

[@myself3209]

I could listen to this man for hours, thank god the video is so long

[@johnburrows1179]

The only guy I can watch an hour long video and watch every second of it

[@aanyagrg789]

Wow, I don't believe it, I watched the video from start to finish for one hour and I don't even owe a single dagger. I was simply mesmerised by the amount of knowledge he has. Love it absolutely.

[@LiLNuGgEt666]

Same here. I would love to talk to this guy. I wished they kept showing what was on over on the right side

[@dnf7778]

I can't believe how much stuff Tom has. Incredible! His personal collection is also something to see, very rare artifacts. Thanks Alex great video

[@Meloncholymadness]

Is there a video to see his personal collection?

[@dnf7778]

He does show some of his collection at the beginning of each of his seminar videos, it's worth checking out.

[@mossadagent5737]

Are you guys Nazi larpers

[@ilyapetrov5501]

Now this was a threat for eyes and ears, drinking morning coffe and watching this, old bank safe, pictures of cat probably owners cat on safe doors, and a owner is very nice man, sharing knowledge while smoking small gage cigar and lighting it with antique gold plated lighter similar to s.t. dupont, it is just excelent video! A gem of a video! 💎

[@michael_mouse]

.. I think the lighter was a Dunhill Rollagas

[@drmcmoose9335]

This man values all the things I do: cutlery, big safes, cats, Tom Selleck, and WW2 memorabilia.

[@klausdotzauer1634]

DANKE DAS SIE GESCHICHTE ERHALTEN UND WEITERGEBEN. ICH WÜNSCHE IHNEN ALLES GUTE!

[@dmskorzenyable]

Great Videos with Mr Wittman, he is a legend with his knowledge of daggers among collectors.

[@samuelellenhorn5394]

I know more about daggers than you

[@LeofromFreo]

Old blokes with collections are always very interesting and calming. They seem to have the knack of being cool.

[@edwardschmitt5710]

That TSA story...OUCH!!!! This was great thank you Tom and Alex!!!!!

[@moodylove7847]

Unglaublich was Herr Wittmann sich da angesammelt hat! ich wäre schon happy wenn ich einen Dolch hätte,😏respekt Mr. Wittmann

[@santossteven97]

In den 1970er Jahren lagen oft SA oder SS Dolche am Flohmarkt rum die haben damals je nach Zustand 50 bis 150 Mark gekostet heute kosten die 500 - 4000 Euro 😬

[@alfredkonig4639]

@@santossteven97 Ja, verrückt, so ein kleines HJ-Messerchen hat vor 10 Jahren 150 Euro gekostet, heute 400 Euro.....

[@VitomirMilosevic]

Priceless! A master collection. Not to mention that daggers are my favourite weapon for ages.

[@aaronstoup]

A very informative, and interesting, look into the vault of Mr. Wittmann! Thank you, and a great holiday season to all!!

[@t.jjohnson6317]

Great vid.. wow Thank-you Mr. Wittmann

[@ericgriffinthefirst]

Best video I've seen in a long time...,I love to look at daggers.since I was young boy.i just love the craftsmanship and history that goes along with most of them.i haven't bought any yet but am always looking... and this video just brightened my day and envigorated that passion I always have had...very clear and easy to understand when you speak.thank you for this

[@df56gh4d5h]

Cool collection Tom! Thanks for sharing. And thanks for all the help in the past. Jim

[@benjamincogan2432]

Really enjoyed Thomas Wittmann;s vault. It really was a fun watch and very enjoyable with info. Been wanting an SA dagger for three years now. The knifes are amazing. Interesting the attention to detail and craftmanship back in that time. Thank you for bringing me into the vault. Also Thomas was very positive. Kind of like a motivational speaker and friendly. My grandpa served in the navy and I have his Knife from service. It is important we remember history and don't let it happen again.

[@mm-oh4oe]

What a genuine gentleman! Thanks for letting us see your collection

[@daleb1225]

This is amazing, a rare documentary of an amazing collector, just amazing.

[@tonygloster3483]

Amazing collection I could spend hours listening to him and looking through his collection

[@elyanae9588]

If I see a video is longer than an hour, I don't tent to watch it all, but this flew by asif it was a 20 minute episode. Great watching and what a wealth of knowledge Thomas is. Much respect.

[@kjo7887]

I immediately thought Harry Potter...which wands or Dagger fits you boy!!!

[@debatable1984]

Amazing. I could spend months in that room admiring the history there.

[@raivonraj]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all Mr.Wittmann Dagger fans.

[@arthurwittmann6242]

thanks, honestly i just have a few and never knew i had fans

[@pillmeup]

Thank you for posting this. I especially enjoy seeing the RAD items.

[@scottpeterson2256]

I've been waiting years to see inside the vault. Thanks Alex!!!

[@maxrockantasky1348]

holy mother of god !!! you can keep the playboy mansion.. i know where i want to go 🍻🍻🍻

[@jackhammer7824]

Quality, history, craftsmanship, condition, rarity, so much to know.

[@CELTICSAVAGE32]

Wow.... what an exquisite collection.. and what an incredible guy!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@murphmurph2124]

Thanks Mr. Whittman, we're waiting for part 2, 3, 4 etc. Absolutely amazing!

[@ingokolbe5604]

Alter Schwede,ich habe ja schon so einige “Experten“oder Sammler gesehen...aber dieser Mann stellt sie alle in den Schatten. Hut ab und danke für's zeigen👍

[@dennisrountree5376]

That safe full of daggers is unbelievable! Alex makes Whitman a good apprentice! Merry Christmas! Keep them coming!

[@TM-rv5ke]

Beautiful collection, the naval daggers have so much detail. 😊

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

Breathtaking inventory, but then Tom Wittmann has been doing this for decades, so it's no surprise. Back in the 90s I used to collect, and it was indeed a very exciting hobby. The Wittmann Offering publication was an event to wait eagerly for. But eventually I got out of it, along with collecting all the Leica Cameras (which was my main interest), and got heavy back into music, so I was collecting instruments again, mainly guitars. Now, as I'm getting older, I've been shrinking my stable of guitars down to just a handful (dozen or so) of really outstanding pieces. It's funny though, that decades ago, when I was into daggers, I hardly knew anyone else that was in to the hobby. Just a couple of 'dealers' in NYC and that was it. It appears that the WWII dagger hobby has grown, no doubt because of the internet, and the excellent work that folks like Alex are doing with walking encyclopedias like Mr Wittmann. I know I'm very late to this party, but I hope you're both doing well and staying healthy!

[@alexwarstory]

Thank you for feedback!

[@roncooper8666]

Amazing collection! Thanks for giving us a glimpse inside of your safe. Now I have to clean all of the drool off of my keyboard. Happy New Year, Tom & Alex!

[@jessevilleneuve4411]

I have not thought much about Daggers before watching this video. These are awesome, his knowledge is truly amazing.

[@jhoward_06]

I met you in Wilmington this year 2023. it was my pleasure. ivlook forward to the October show

[@HoneysDad2024]

my point exactly...trumpers love nazis

[@derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152]

Great educational video on WW2 daggers some beautiful examples and great tips on what to watch for

[@blameusa7082]

I just liked the old dude, i dont care about daggers

[@bettyjane6684]

I agree! He has merry eyes!

[@WeirdWackyWonderfool]

I can't believe at 2am I watched this whole video with no interest in the daggers...

[@MilledSteel]

I thought Mark Felton was gonna give us a tour from the intro. music 🙂

[@idk-hp3md]

same

[@fenrislegacy]

+1 loll

[@GregoryGodfear]

Haha 👍

[@patrickchelin8632]

Excellent, what a collection. Great knowledge mr Wittmann.

[@mikeraitt5263]

Merry Christmas And Thank you for the videos this year from you two. It has helped me many times over and I look forward t0 even more in 2021.

[@nicobas773]

Wow- to see this in real life must have been soooo nice.. Really impressive Tom !!

[@harrykadaras9459]

Nice collection - I used to have a WWII Fireman/ Fire Chief award dagger with nickel fittings and stag scales -w/ a black leather frog. Since it was an awarded WWII item, I did my best to figure out who was the original owner was; even traveled to Germany in the year 2000 but I never did, but I gave it to another family there.

[@blindhowlingdrunk]

Man puts so much art and skill and creativity into killing each other

[@marcelvanooijen7790]

I can listen all day to this man ,..what a knowledge !!!!! And what a safe full of history !!!!! Thanks for this video ,..!!

[@danielvranceanu8751]

I like a lot this video. Beautifull daggers ! Amazing collection ! Thank you, sir !

[@artvandelay4373]

That’s amazing. How lucky to ba able to have a private tour. I would pay to do this. Thank you for this video

[@pip110.5]

What a lovely old fellow. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year.

[@61diemai]

Absolutely stunning collection .

[@JarethGarza]

Diplomats Dagger is my favorite by far. Has hammered scabbard and awesome handles. Beautiful.

[@ducomaritiem7160]

Hey, I'm not much of a dagger man, but I really liked the whole video. Always appreciate experts showing and telling about their stuff. So please make a part 2, let him talk the whole day. I'm in!

[@jbonham78]

bought an SA dagger from him 20 years ago. Great seller!

[@thilgu]

A good upload. I always take a look at Wittmann his videos as well.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

I can't even imagine the value of this collection.

[@sebastiend.5335]

Must be over a million easy!

[@silencedogood5766]

At least a weeks salary maybe more! 😃

[@mac7775]

Beautiful German daggers and such a great smart documentary. Loved it.!!

[@dasgibtsdochnicht5757]

Lieber Herr Wittmann, ein großes Lob und Achtung an Sie. Außerdem erinnern Sie mich an Karl Dall ( den wir alle vermissen) . Beste Grüße aus dem Spessart und alles Gute !!!

[@dirkdoenvanv.8156]

Thanks for sharing!!! What a wonderfull colection!!

[@heavymetalnut1965]

amazing! I just started out a year ago and up to 9 daggers. one SS. 2 SA, heer, luftwaffe, HJ's Firemans, and police

[@charlesrock7770]

This was an excellent video watched every second of this .the knowledge is priceless keep making these .

[@greekveteran2715]

:O As soon as he opened that door, my jaw droped, mouth stayed open for a good amount of time...a fly tried to make me close it, but fly failed... Holy moly...that's not a dagger collection, that's the fort nox of blades there!!! :O

[@kyrilchrysos1266]

What an amazing guy! I got a couple of Damascus blades but modern ones. I enjoyed so much listening to this guy.

[@CreakyCricket]

What you call modern Damascus are pattern welded or chemically etched knife steel.

[@basquecheetah5989]

Wow the most interesting for me was that fact about the cut in the tip of the red cross daggers and why they had that saw blade in the top side. 👍Great video

[@paulfisher7509]

Two great collectors together what could be better merry Christmas to you both 😍

[@alistairmcdonald2382]

I sure am glad all those daggers are pointing the other way when you open that door 😃 it could end up being like some sort of Iron Maiden 🪘

[@madaboutmilitaria3630]

Thanks Alex and Tom, amazing daggers.

[@tonyrobb8815]

THANK YOU BOTH ..MAGNIFICENT to see such items....(I'm drooling!).....Alex and Mr.Wittman I hope you both have a relaxed and peaceful Christmas,and that goes for your loved ones too..2021 must be better...HOPEFULLY...Regards...Tony (Robb)..Melbourne, Australia..

[@johnmulligan7853]

He sounds a very nice man with lots of patience and much knowledge the kind of man to spend a lovely winters evening listening to his storys of knifes cracking video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@photorealm]

That's a museum of dagger history

[@phillipgriffin]

What a sweet man.. I loved this, thanks..

[@michael_mouse]

... brilliant interview... thanks for sharing!

[@chriskolar2436]

That was a really cool walk through. I wish I could spend another hour in the vault.

[@JacobE-23]

I hope to have even half of size of this collection one day lol. So many beautiful works of art. I have a german knife from 1948, the one that started my collection.

[@Cragun.]

I would take a class from Mr. Wittmann on these historical daggers. Fascinating.

[@mattgibbs73]

Decades of dedicated collecting by Mr Wittmann! A fabulous look around a legend level collection. Incidentally when referencing the Red Cross its untrue that red cross personnel were specifically banned from carrying weapons, quite contrarily the Hague conventions (detailed in the later 1929 Geneva convention) do state when medical personnel are permitted to bear arms.

[@thomasboully6545]

I have been a WWII History buff for 65 years. I knew the German Military was fond of daggers 🗡 and swords. But I didn't know there were so many collectors. In a millennium America it isn't socially acceptable today so I would imagine many collectors just don't show off their collection to the neighbors......... But as for those who are of my mind I can see the fascination. I am totally enthralled with this hobby at my age. I can totally understand how one could get into daggers and even collect a luger or two. I kept remembering an old maxim from long, long before my time. "Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it".

[@ptxbrg2599]

Thanks for the great overview of these wwii german daggers, these are really special pieces of history. I have also lot of modern knives (fixed and folders) so I can understand this hobby... just one more knife. :)

[@TheArtyBartfast]

How many of our grandparents were killed by these fascist knives?

[@FloridaSpook]

Thank you for the lessons. Also the show and tell

[@markletts8802]

😊👏🇬🇧...That was brilliant,this guys appreciation and knowledge,of the quality and history was a pleasure to watch..

[@Akbal25]

Congratulations on that outstanding collection, and to the channel for keeping the history at a click reach. Cheers from Mexico.

[@lolstfurofl]

Wow every dagger model hes showing looks like a piece of art.

[@johnlawson2984]

Great video!! Now get back in that vault and lets see the swords!

[@micheldekam3491]

Enjoyed myself for a full hour. As a small collector i went mad watching all these daggers. In the Netherlands they are hard to get. Would love to own some.

[@robt9043]

Lots of wisdom at 56:20. They’re an investment but you can really enjoy them so much. Thank you so much Thomas really appreciate you sharing your expertise.

[@History-Secrets]

0:00 If they do brain surgery on me.. This is what they will find!

[@vladimirmarkov2047]

Don't forget about dirt from morning trench coffee! 😉

[@antoninonigrelli661]

Veel sterkte Nick neem maar a je tijd voor een nieuwe vid en ik vond het heel mooi wat je met die helm hebt gedaan zo die politie helm XD

[@tylermessimore4613]

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[@ScratchyBaws]

The Arnold Schwarzenegger of Rare Original Daggers....🥰

[@loadedfun4764]

I knew a gentleman who had an entire house full of rare antiquities that he had collected over his lifetime as a worldly tour guide. Copious amounts of amazing things lined his home. Every floor had something more and more outrageous until you got to the top floor that had an entire suit and armor belonging to a Templar. Such detail on everything that you would be reluctant to even want to touch it. He has since passed and his entire house was emptied over night. The house of Lloyds Philadelphia

[@panagiotissoufliotis6558]

Amazing knowledge. A real treasure of great pieces , a time machine.

[@donnerhall666]

Thank you for the very interesting amount. Very nice pieces. Thanks for the nice videos!