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From what little I can see they both look like legit S&M JH knives. The differences like you mention are not too unusual. Lots of modern knives will have slight differences like that, like a group was made with one type of liners, then another group was made with a different type of liners. I don't ...

That might be the best Hubertus I've ever seen.

Lol, someone used the Paint program to hide the guards and button. It's a regular Italian knockoff stiletto.

I have no idea who or what Frabil was but I have seen that stamp a few times. A lot of people will refer to a knife like that as a transitional because of the lined NS bolsters but without the D-stamps it's not a legitimate transitional. It's basically a transitional transitional from when they firs...

That second one down in the first pic is the 1084 steel that I was talking about the other day. I couldn't get the stamp as deep in that steel.

Bad soldering. With bad soldering, there is still some solder on the rocker. On those flat base rockers, there never seems to be any solder. I was wondering if maybe the button wasn't actually attached to the rocker and was just held down by the scale (because the bottom of the button was wider tha...

It's a modern Italian made knife with a German market (slightly shorter than normal) blade. It's a fine knife but nothing really special. The Othello stamp is cool but probably won't add too much to the value. If you are thinking of selling it, you will get your best return on Ebay. There is a chanc...

The really new ones have liners that are made of zinc. If you try taking the front scale off, the liner breaks at the top scale pins with the minimumist of pressure. Another thing about those new ones with the plated bolsters: NEVER polish the bolsters. It leaves them with a really bad looking purpl...

Why is it on those ones, when the button has fallen off, there is no trace of solder on the base of the rocker?

Those are awesome. Who made those?

I have a 4.75" just like it that, same scales too. It is a newer knife but it has lined bolsters and D-stamps. It looks a lot like those recent 4.5"+5.5" Rostfrei stamps with the different blades but it is noticably higher quality.

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Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:31 am

How can you tell what the rocker looks like without disassembling the knife?

I don't know how you would tell that. I was thinking maybe someone just happened to know what kind of rocker those ones had.

Hoookay, now I'm really confused. How can you tell what the rocker looks like without disassembling the knife? Fiber optics? X-rays? Nanites? I've seen quite a few picklocks that have that rocker (you can usually tell because the button has fallen off and you can see that flat base). It seems like ...

Occasionally it takes a while to get a hold of him but ultimately you'll get your knife.

Does this have one of these rockers? These ones seem real prone to buttons falling off.