You know, reading this thread has convinced me. The collectible field of SS daggers is tho only perfect hobby interest in the world. As an ignorant newbie, I reveled mistakenly in the other areas of TR, not realizing that there is only one elite area of collecting - the magnificent SS dagger! Only in this area do no good fakes exist - only crude ones that could fool ignorant clods like me. This is the only area in which your investment dollar is perfectly placed - SS daggers go up in price indefintely. And only the the field of SS daggers has the great authorities, who sometimes deign to give opinions to us mere mortals. All Hail SS! Amen.