This item is in near-mint condition. This is a beautiful knife with only a few blemishes. The first is a scratch on the aluminum finger guard. A few light sheath marks on the blade.  Other than that, this is a beautiful knife and very seldom seen now.  If you are looking for one this nice it would be quite a long search.  All original packaging and complete with box, blade guard, matching warranty card with sharpening instructions. The handle remains bright red as it should be and there is no evidence of darkening that you typically see with these knives.  A very nice collector piece.