For many collectors variations and exceptions to the rules are what it is all about. It seems that just about the time you think you have it all figured you find something new (which has happened to me more times than I can remember). Over the weekend I rediscovered a pebble grained tie strap equipped frog that was on a mid/late war commercial H�rster I have. My first, which is just about the time I was developing a real interest in the bayonets.
As long as I have had it I have never been able to decipher the name of the maker, and would be very grateful for any help in that area. In the images the smaller flat head rivets look like they might have been painted. But in fact closeup it looks more like bluing, and they should not be confused with any of the fakes that might be currently in circulation.
