The mottos done by Boker and others were done by using acid, correct? Paint would have come off too easy IMO.
Yes it is not as easy as it looks to get paint to stick after polish and who knows what else has been done to a blade.JR I really don't have anything to add to the discussion because I have no pictures of the two that I have owned.One a Boker SS with the late trademark and a SA with the eyeglasses trademark both long gone.Why would it not be done,they repainted their scabbards to dress up the daggers why not touch up the motto.I have looked at hundreds of daggers and have only seen two,not seen often,but IMO I think it was done sometimes.Like I said Wittmann said he does see it sometimes also.I just don's see why it would not be done.If there every was a canidate for the motto to be spruced up it would be the SS Furth dagger,after the new inscription was added to a used dagger ,it would be nice to have the motto an inscription match.We will never know but I feel highly likely.
