Yes its a shame, because there are also genuine HJ knives known that have been ruined by this horrible etching & painting. They were pictured a while back in the Internationales Militaria Magazin, as genuine of course, but dont let that put you off, lots of what is written in that particular Militaria magazine is nothing more than BS. I actually found a lot of older issues of that mag last week when i was looking for something else, and some of the articles, contain not a single footnote, or a shred of information at all, just an image with a pretty story.
Wittmann would sell himself if he thought there was a dollar in it for him. There are plenty of older threads on this forum about Wittmann and Johnson, and the utter rubbish that they occasionaly list as genuine. The danger with Wittmann, is that he likes to try and alter history, for financial gain. Just listing a fake, OK, most dealers do, but to go and compliment your fake with a complete BS story, and twist basic historical fact so that your item fits.. well it deserves a spanking at the very least!
I imagine that you must have paid a lot of money for this hunting knife, what with it being in-print and all?