Teno dagger, way out of my knowledge base, fake or real

[geefal]

Never have held one first hand, have no idea on this, in my uneducated guess, I can't see anything suspect except maybe the rings on the scabbard and I know the blade is reversed.

Would appreciate any opinions on this one, thank you very much.

[Ron Weinand]

The blade is in backwards and should be numbered on the other side. Next, seeing the backside of the eagle on he crossguard should also be revealing, but so far everything looks correct.

[geefal]

Unfortunately, this is all I can get for pictures. And thanks for confirming the blade is in backwards, that was what I thought.

Appreciate the opinion.

[dr01]

That’s an original Teno officers dagger. Very nice!

Regards
Danny

[geefal]

thank you Donny and Ron both. Barring any bad opinions I will see what I can pick this one up for.

Really appreciate the help, again, I have never seen one of these before and had no frame of reference so I really appreciate it.

[Tony Bologna]

Original. There's a dangerous copy of these out there and this one is not it.

[geefal]

Thanks Tony, you guys are a wealth of knowledge :-)