I have really enjoyed this thread folks, and I mean that. When I posted the knife, I opened with the conundrum that it presented.

It has a spacer stack that is more consistent with pre-war knives and a hilt that is more consistent with 1943 and later knives. That remains true.

The only way to shed more light would be Bo's original journals and see an entry with a similar description to a man with the initials J.M.G.

Brian, I hope you are coming to Blade this year. I would love to see the knife in person.