Hi John,
Hope you don't mind me using your photo but I kept hold of it because evidence of this grip wire configuration is very hard to find I can't for the life of me remember where I found it was it part of the warrelics forum thread I posted the link to?, really nice to see the photos of your example it proves there are other Tigers with this grip wire and it is obviously factory applied, I would imagine it was probably done to use up stock from 1st pattern daggers but who knows? Anyway I will never sell it as I don't think I am likely to find another like it. Also would you agree that the pommel and crossguard are by Eickhorn?
Regards, Andy.
Originally Posted by JohnZ
One of the pictures shown above is from my collection.

It is a Tiger with the block lettering running along the blade, whereas the first dagger shown has the Tiger maker mark with script lettering also running along the blade.

Here are pictures of my Tiger.

John