Spock, I�m not necessarily of the opinion that etching was not used with some of the H�hnlein daggers. This particular example with the (demonstrably) fake cast silver Gahr marked fittings has what looks to me like it might be a botched etching process that �went south�. So it could have been failures that prompted a switchover to rotary engraving. Not a certainty at this point, as a much closer look would be needed with this example to try and make a better determination. Is there any chance that you could post the image(s) that you mentioned? FP
