Thanks for your words of support Ron and Houston. I have done everything in my powers here to provide any and all information requested. The only other thing I can think of is to gather up a seance whith the hopes of contacting Carl Eickhorn so he could personally set the record straight. The one thing I've tried to stress, and Ron brought it up on his own examples, is that they show signs of honest wear. I have collected firearms my whole life and you can tell a firearm been used after only a few rounds if you know what to look for. This is also true of edged weapons again if you know what to look for. If these were post war and sold as souviners it's ludicrous to expect honest wear signs to be evident. I have a great deal of respect for Fred Stephens and we spent a lot of time together at this years MAX show and he knows that while I think he's dead wrong in this case there are no hard feelings. Jim
