Garry,
I honestly think part of the misunderstanding is due to language differences.
The synopsis: I have located two FAKE DLV daggers that have the same "winged" stamping on their scabbard throats as the two Slovakian HJ knives have on their blade ricassos.
All I have done is provide new information ..
A determination as to the authenticity of the two Slovakian HJ knives is entirely up to the owners.
That is what I stated to Thor62 in the PM I sent to him..
I also provided this link below to a known fake DLV knife with the near identical winged stamping on it's scabbard throat as is found on the blade ricassos of the two Slovakian HJ knives.
http://www.xxxxxx.com/pics/dlv-33d.jpg Admin: this link is dead
The owner of the DLV knife shown in the above link knows that it is a fake and he provided the images to me as a learning tool. It is not for sale.
Ricasso = the flat metal shoulder between the grip and the blade
See my post #30 on this thread.
There will always be a difference of opinion in all aspects of TR collecting, that is what keeps it interesting ..
Hope this helps ..
Mike