an actual expert?
so anyone who you deem not to be an expert is wrong?
how many ss daggers do you own or have owned?
i only have 11 at the moment including a full rohm and a himmler last year i bought and sold around 20 would you class me as an expert?
the grip can not be invisible repaired what ever the expert told you a person who is going buy your dagger will be an experienced collector and will see the repair a mile off.
you are not a collect just a person luckily enough to inherit a nice item either keep it ,and buy a ground rohm eickhorn and swop the grip, or sell it for the $12,00 you say you were offered but stop with the bleating