If a vet swapped a blade, handle ,or scabbard in the field when he picked the piece up does that make it original ?????
Ed, It might be original as to the veteran who assembled such a combination. But it is not a factory original any more than the guy who chrome plates the German Luger pistol that he picked up.
And if we completely omit any of the statements made anywhere, and for the moment take them out of the equation. We still have a date and time stamped Internet record of an SS dagger presented for discussion on 10 - 3 - 2010. With on 4 - 2 - 2011, the exact same dagger reappearing with swapped out parts and a re-polished blade. FP
