Hi we have all been "there" in this hobby and no matter how much you may "will" an item to be "good" it doesn't work...at the end of the day if you like it and can live with opinions that is all that matters...as for TW I have both bought and sold to him for well over a decade...I purchased an NSDAP medal group from him that was pictured in his Offering as "mint" when it arrived there was zero gilt left to the NSDAP medal when I called him he stated that he had just decided to branch into medals and was not aware that it was supposed to have a finish...everyone makes mistakes...not everyone can admit them like Tom can...Tom is an accepted expert on daggers but not necessarily on engravings or the German language cheers, Ryan
