Here is a Krieghoff story. I think I can convey it because I was personally involved with the seller, so this is not just 2nd. hand gossip :
A few months back on one of the Internet sites, an early S-code HK luger was advertised as all original. Photo showed a very decent matched serialed gun but with brown Ritzmann grips.
I e-mailed the seller with my interest, asked my typical 6-7 condition questions, and also asked a question whether Ritzmann grips were "proper", since I read in R. Gibson's book that Ritzmann grips appeared in the midddle and late S-code series. I was not being skeptical, I just thought I did not have the most recent info. as to when Ritzmann grips appeared
I never got a reply after sending the same e-mail several times; so decided I would pass on the luger.
Then a few weeks later the same gun is again for sale (I had recorded the exact serial number) but this time around it is sporting what are described as HK wooden grips...price went up by $250, as well. But I did not see those typical flat diamonds typical on HK wooden grips...
Not sure if experts consider this a "boost" or was this just an "historical correction".
But I did learn a bit here...and maybe the seller did too. But if the new grips are not original HK's maybe they did not learn enough... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />