Identification of TT-33 grips?

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http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?933681-1940-Soviet-TT-33-Pics

I should have posted this in here, figured it would be more appreciated.
Question regarding the triangle emblem instead of star. Some research shows that this is because the pistol was made by Ishevsk Arsenal since the Tula factory was moved to Ishevsk during WWII.

Anybody have any info?
 
That's certainly the Izhevsk arrow-in-triangle. It doesn't belong on a 1940 Tula (manufacturing moving to Izhevsk in '42), so it's obviously a re-furb with whatever parts came out of the bin.

Fred Datig notes this variation of grips in his book Soviet Russian Tokarev “TT” Pistols and Cartridges 1929-1953 (ISBN 978-1882824151). (It is titled as Volume 13 of a proposed 22-volume treatise on Russian arms development, of which I believe he only ever published two books.) Apparently belongs on '45 or '46 -dated examples; he speculates a post-war commercial experiment or something. However, he does not seem to realize that Izhevsk is a separate arsenal in a separate city, or at least recognize their post-1928 mark, so I wouldn't put too much stock in his theories.

(If you don't need it, it could find a home in my collection.)
 
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