A question for you experts regarding the German Imperial sawback bayonet from the World War...In the classic novel ALL QUIET on the WESTERN FRONT, it was told to the young recruits that they would be mutilated and killed on the spot if they were captured with a "sawback"...so were advised to throw them away...(or something along these lines...been a long time since I read the book) Question...Were there, in fact, cases of this happening?...Is this the reason sawbacks are often seen with the teeth ground off? I've always been curious about this, as I own one dated 1916 date Weyersberg & Kirschbaum Mfg. Thanks, Dan From Texas