[Luke]

This is probably of interest to few if any of the contributors to this string, but I thought I would close out the subject by documenting my final observations.

As it turns out, this is very likely a standard DWM rear toggle link which has been - very skillfully - altered by some previous owner. Don't know, but I suspect that the knobs were turned smooth on a lathe and then polished.

Probably the alteration was made in Finland, as the person from whom I bought the gun was unaware of this unusual characteristic of the toggle, apparently had not even noticed the difference, and I am pretty sure that he bought this piece from the importer.

By pure accident I discovered that, under close inspection and using good lighting, it is possible to see barely discernable lines where the original lateral knurling lines were folded over the ends of the knobs. The result leaves the rear toggle link with readily observable checkering only on the ends of the knobs. See the picture in my first post on this subject. These barely discernable lines are so faint that they cannot be seen under normal observation conditions. The job was so skillfully done as to make the part appear to have been manufactured that way.

Thanks much for all your comments on the subject.

I will leave the toggle link with the gun, as I suspect it has been on this Luger for a long time.