Ryan,
I appreciate your post. I must say I never thought I would be put down by so many members on this forum for simply relating my experience with four very reputable dealers.
I guess I have not sold the dagger for three reasons - It was dad's and he's gone now, it's a rare piece of history and in hopes of the value going higher.
As far as providing photos of the dagger now, you probably saw the ebay photos - that should tell you about my skill at photography. In fact, the old photos on this post show the scabbard as almost brown when in fact it is 98% blue! And lastly, I think I've had enough of my "fellow members" (with some exceptions) playing pocket-pool and commenting on it.
I learn lessons the hard way so my dagger and I will lay low for awhile.
Thanks again to you though Ryan - cheers.
