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Are we still talking about that lower quality H�rster?

Again, I have to protect the newer and unexperienced collectors, by adding the following observations:

- What you have is not -as you describe -a rare variant of the HJ-knife, but actually a common late H�rster RZM piece.

- The knife and scabbard are original but in relatively poor condition because they show a lot of rust and wear. Except for the diamond which is clearly a replacement.

- The rust spots look quite fresh, so it could be that someone tried to age the complete knife after replacing the diamond. We see that process quite often applied on knifes which are already of lower quality: some extra rust spots do no harm anymore and make the piece look more authentic!

Best regards,

Herman