Whether it's an altered original (or reproduction) component, from my point of view it's still a fake with some serious problems. Here is a closeup view of the mouthpiece, that is the best I could do with the images provided.
It looks to me like the mouthpiece was expanded (or shifted), to put it on the scabbard body, with a bulge at the top left. Which split the seam. And a new hole has been drilled to mount the screw - leaving visible part of small circular hole below and to the lower right. FP
Last edited by Fred Prinz - FP; 08/18/2010 10:02 AM.