I have never mis-represented a made fuze or something along those lines for real ut am aware enough to know there is a world full of "nipple heads" that would. 6 of one half a dozen of the other. Siegfried has a fine example of what were debating on SA right now. An m1915 relic stick grenade head advertised with repro handle, snatch it up for 20GBP. Now that is what I call properly represented. There are many honest dealers out there, and there are others that would have properly aged the stick and stuck 200GBP on it. Know who your dealing with and sigfried has to be one of the most honest ones out there. In my case I did not have the gargantuan stones it takes to procure an all original Mills 36. I bought a good body off SA (from a BOCN member) for 25 GBP, then contacted dug-up for an original baseplug and the rest was repro. I am happy with it as an original example, but if I myself went to sell it I would probably ask 35-40GBP for it whilst advertising that it is not entirely original. Until recently I did not have the big bucks to put out for the "better stuff" Since I sold the house I have 3 completely original and rare German WW1 grenades on the way to the tune of a little better than a grand us (1000.00). I will sure breath a sigh of relief when these pieces finally arrive and you know me I will post the living s__t out of them. Opinions on this subject greatly differ, and when it comes down to it if everyone thought the same way it could get boring in a hurry. I agree in as far as marking which part(s) of a piece are repro as I think (I have to believe) that 90% of us are out to rip off no one. I have been ripped off at least once, as I am sure many of us had. I do not mind buying say a grenade with a repro fuze and as long as the body is original and the price is right I will go for it, even if I am just getting it for a filler piece till something better comes along. Take a percussion WW1 german Kgalkopft for example. Now on these 98% of the handles are repro as they just did not survive but this puppy still commands top dollar (one I have coming), and i'll be damn proud to get and display it. As far as filler pieces go, I have even bought grenades that were total resin cast until a better one came along. So my answer is yes there is definately a place for partial repros and fakes. I have a total resin US MK1 that I bought as nothing more than a filler piece until a good one comes along at a FAIR price (Idid say fair and not cheap) It is all context, honesty and personal preferance.. Enough of my meaningless Bull S__t for a whill. Peace I am outta here.....Dano