Thanks for sharing your thoughts Vandoo...
It is an interesting question, that one finds in many ethnographic arms.
Personally I like the ones I keep to be in the definite, rather than the unsure category when it comes to usability.
I have a 1942 shybriya that was probably made for British army tourists... But its of true weapon quality. For me that is a defining point.
But yes that's just my taste in arms. For me they must be fully functional within my understanding. {which of course will reflect both my knowledge & my lack of it.}
Spiral