I have always been interested in WW2, then as I got into history, WW1, Civil War (US), etc. For some reason the luger fasinated me. Meanwhile I was buying bayonets since that is easier for a teenager. At some point I bought Datigs book, I belive it was while still a teen. Then after I joined the army, I found an artillery luger, well buffed but a luger and sold my colt python and bought it.
A couple of years later I bought a mismatched 1940/42. Years passed, was stationed in germany, where I visited many WW2 battlefields and sites and learned more history of WW2, met a WW2 Dutch resistance fighter and became friends. After I retired, I really got into the actual history of the gun, bought books, studied and decided I liked the weimar era, which I collect now
Ed