The sheath looks different to how I remember mine. I'm sure it was black and didn't have a braided dangler! gerd says that mine is nearly sorted too, so I will get my hands on it again. As it was one of the first ones, he outsourced the heat treat and it wasn't up to par unfortunately, he got his place sorted soon after so the rest should be OK. I'm sure he'd have found out by now any way!. It's been a long wait to get it sorted, but I already had a go with it and queue jumping is a bit cheeky, even if you've had one shot already! There aren't many of these about, so you are part of a very elite club!