Lederhosen Knife

Butch Nazi 

      In the Rococo period is important to mention that the spreading of the Alpine style lederhosen coincides with the Napoleonic Wars and the setting up of a new Austrian Empire. A single small knife pocket near the bottom of the right leg of these leather pants dates back to the 6th century AD and was in in the 16th and 17th Centuries in Bavaria, Alpine part of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Northern Italy. One source suggests that the style of lederhosen evolved from French knee breeches (culottes) in the 18th Century. The French used a variety of materials, including silk and satin. It was the more practical Germans who began making long-wearing kinds out of leather. The first lederhosen were "kniebundlederhosen" knicker like knee breeches commonly worn in the 18th century. Short pant style "kurze lederhosen" are more recently being worn but there are portraits of Austrian royals in kurze lederhosen in the late 19th century. It was in the 1920s that large numbers of boys began to wear them. Youth movements may have helped spread lederhosen beyond Bavaria and Alpine areas by the 1910s. After 1918 boys in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland were commonly wearing lederhosen. By 1948 lederhosen were no longer available in Austria and Germany because there was a clothing shortage and leather was scarce. Lederhosen once available again continued to be worn, but by the 1960s and even more so in the 70s older boys wanted to wear jeans for casual wear. Lederhosen were still widely worn by younger boys and even worn to some extent in France. After the 1980s lederhosen have become less commonly worn, but some Scouts still wear them. They are now not very popular in Europe, but they are still worn in some parts in Germany by some boys--mostly Scouts. Lederhosen because of their association with folk culture became popular after 1918 with many of the Right Wing political groups which sprang up in Germany.

Adolf Hitler and NAZI Storm Troopers (SS) wore them in the 1920's. To appear more official and military he rarely wore lederhosen after the Nazis became a more prominent political party. A manly-alpha concept associated with hegemonic masculine pride "ultra-macho" is naturally due to a man’s responsibility to provide for, protect, and defend his family. Destined to become "Ruling Class Butch" and expected to possess and display bravery, strength, wisdom, and leadership. The german hunter classic knife is carried in the unique pocket on lederhosen.

Some have crown stag and others a preserved foot handle from a Red, Damas, or Axis deer. The blade looks similar to "facon" or "verijero" carried by Argentine Gauchos.