SMGO-0871 NSKK dagger Late period by Krebs M7/5

A beautiful with a minty problem free scabbard. The paint is fantastic and no dent on the ball end!  The dagger itself is in fantastic condition with almost perfect nickel plated guards and a damage free grip with aluminum eagle. The blade is fantastic with gorgeous cross grain and clear crisp motto. There are a few little hazy spots from some superficial oxidation, but no bad. The runner marks are very light. It’s interesting to see that the assembler decided to make a grind on the blade to fit it to the guard rather than modify the guard. This is opposite of what we normally see but clearly, it was sometimes done on these later pieces. This might be because if you file the plated guard, it’s certain to cause premature finish failure. Im sure this would have never been done on an earlier piece. A really nice tough to upgrade dagger with a bit of character added from the assembler.