Wally, I had a #1 7 with very fine hairlines in the spirals. It still looked great and did not effect my selling price. Here are a couple of pics. It is a tooth, do teeth crack? I cracked one on potato chips. lol
My newest favorite, I'm left handed, so the lefty grips and sheath are a real plus to me. Low S, sawteeth, fingergrips, and compass. I'm by no means the sharpest collector out there, yet I think that's a lot of options for the '60s.
Wally what's up with the edging on the sheath. Looks very rough. What does the back of the sheath look like. The knife is awesome. A great V/N era piece. Low S. Saw teeth. 7 spacer. Just an awesome knife.
Ronnie, it's just a little roughed up on the edge from use/wear. Nothing abnormal. It was carried, and used a bit. Not abused, though. It's a Johnson roughback, "east facing" stamp.