I had one re-done at a religious goods supply house - really...
Being serious platers, they did a nice enough job, but an original scabbard had solid rings - not split rings like later ones - and they managed to plate them to the scabbard body a little.
Enough to where I could tell, anyway...
The guard was fine, and the blade was, too - until something started to rust the tip, because there are wooden slats that keep the thing from rattling and they got some solution on them.
I Simichromed it, oiled it, and sold it to a JAG Officer...
Did you know they came in different blade lengths?
They do - and an Officer bought one commensurate with his height.
There are also variants that are ever-so-slightly smaller, overall - those were for cadets at boys' schools.
Vaya,
Scouts Out!