nay sayers wow now we are passing daggers by because of number stampings? Whats next handles that are too dark or not dark enough? The dagger is fine and I have no issue with the stamping. In cases such as these it is accept it as correct until proven otherwise...kind of like replaced handles on second Lufts and Heer daggers...If we only knew... I will say one thing the numbers certainly don't look as if they were stamped yesterday..Ross comes through again...