I also have one. I bought it right and just keep it. Do I LIKE it? Not particularly. I agree it just has no real connection with an 1895. It's the only post-mil I own at the moment. And I also know I'm not the sharpest tool in the box.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato