Damast I am NOT offended in the least I merely asked if the remainder of the dagger was real I have zero money in the two as it was a large trade deal and I have full money back I am good my friend my replies were polite and professional I merely wanted more info other than "bad post war not made in Germany" the GDC forum rules at one time required this if one was pronouncing an item as "bad" I trust both you and your reputation I will just say the fakers put lots of effort in these fakes as they are very high quality with high grade ivory grips Do you have any idea how old the ivory grips are? Is it possible that the grips are old or period? cheers and best, Ryan