30 years ago many thought these were fakes.

They are difficult to categorize because they vary a bit. The trademark can be found lower down, the eagle can be nickel or zinc, and I've seen guards like these and ... I think ... nickel.

My guess is that Eickhorn was in transition to the full RZM daggers and was using the last of some old parts and some new ones too.

I think it is real .. but want to hear more.

Dave