In April 1934, shortly after the SA and SS daggers were authorized for wear, Ernst Röhm, Chief of Staff of the SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Troops) authorized an "honour" dagger bearing a dedication in his handwriting on the reverse of the blade. The dedication was to read In herzlicher Kameradschaft Ernst Röhm (In heartfelt comeradeship Ernst Röhm).

These daggers were identical to the normal Model 1933 SA and SS service daggers except for the dedication on the reverse. They to be awarded to members of the SA and SS who had been members prior to December 1931 and were still members in good standing. Approximately 125,000 SA Röhm honour daggers were awarded and 9,900 SS daggers. In 1934, the SS under Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was still a small organisation and still subordinate to the SA.

Hitler, fearing that Röhm and his 3,000,000 strong Storm Troopers were going to revolt, had him murdered with hundreds of other SA High Leaders on June 30th, 1934 in what has become known to history as the "Knight of Long Knives". This paved the way for Hitler's total consolidation of power in Germany.

An order dated July 4th, 1934 ordered that Röhm's dedication be removed from the SA and SS honour daggers by grinding. As a result of this order, some members had the dedication completely removed (completely ground) while others had only Röhm's signature removed (partially ground). And in spite of harsh penalties for not obeying this order, a small number of members of both the SA and SS either chose to keep the dedication intact or forgot to have it removed. As a result, a small number of what are referred to as "full Röhm daggers" exists.

The grinding process varied from "do it yourself" jobs to factory re-grinding. Usually. the "do it yourself" jobs exhibit rough grinding using such tools as files and grinding wheels. In these cases, some or most of the dedication remains intact as the steel of the blade is quite hard. Also these grind marks are very coarse. Factory re-grinds are almost imperceptible but in most cases, it's possible to tell if the blade originally had a Röhm dedication on it. Usual signs to look for are all or part of the maker mark has been ground, a "wavy" blade spine and coarser crossgraining than on the front of the blade. See the picture of the completely ground Rohm dedication below to see some tell tale signs.

There are over 20 known makers of Röhm honour daggers and as such, there will be subtle differences in the dedication. See below for a list of makers.