Thank you Stratocaster.
By the way, I am a Gibson man.
Sad to say one of the things that appealed to me was the case. If I had an imperial or WWII WKC Naval in this length, I would be ordering up the box already.
This dagger does not lend itself well to cannibalization. However, the current model does. There was a batch of current models made in 1950's by Eickhorn. In the 90's, and 2000's, nearly all of these had been converted to 3rd Reich even though the scabbard material and grips were obviously different.
On the current model, an undereducated collector will not know the TM is wrong, that the scabbard bands are wrong, that the grip is wrong, . On the positive side, these are not cheap, so buying one to part it out is not a real option.
All of this is just my opinion.
