Ever try and sell a Gau marked SS M36. You can, but not for top dollar and usually not above the price you can get for the parts.
Its a hard sell period.
Too many collectors say buy the item not the story and when you have to make reasonable explanations for the mark, it creates some doubt in the average collector's mind. The same is with the M36 with an Eickhorn code 941. They exist, but most collectors won't pay the big bucks for one because when they go to sell it, its the same explanation process.
This is why textbook daggers in super condition are ALWAYS the easy sell and bring the most money.
I'm not making any contentions that stories with the pieces are wrong, I am just telling you the facts from a dealer's position. When you go outside the lines, the facts make the situation blurry and harder.
