[Jacknola]

Sam, not saying it isn't good, on the contrary. You are writing now with current knowledge, post-explanation. My original comment included impressions about features I had never seen before. The main feature that made it appear the handle was just jammed on was the "choll" on the spine side of the blade. At a glance that feature made the knife to appear to be a badly finished blade that didn't "square up" with the hilt.

Then, when you add in the etched logo which was obviously not 1930s, 40s, or 50s, one could reasonably conclude this was a counterfeit construct...as I opined. if the knife hadn't had an etched trademark, I would not have had an opinion and would not have commented.

The reason I posted my erroneous first-impression is that there are lessons to be learned when you are right, and when you are wrong. I am not afraid to be wrong, so I shared this here.