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Thanks. It took a lot of gozzintas, cypherin, and naught+naughts, but I done it!
Bill

Even I get sucked in every once in a while....
The manufacturer in question was founded by a Mr. Ross T. Frei, hence the name.

TSF

Thanks, all!
It should be a good work knife. I hope they will use 440 for the blade, but that will be up to the manufacturer.
I can't post pics here, but #2 justhasthe finger guards moved about 1/8" forward, and has horn scales.
Bill

I finished proto #2 yesterday. It is more production-oriented.
I think production may start next year. The folks in Italy don't even have the sample, yet!
Bill

Just because knives were marked "Rostfrei", or have German markings does not mean the knives were made there. I have researched this thoroughly in the past. The "German" stilettos were ALL actually made in Italy. It is possible that some Italian parts were assembled in Germany, but there is no real ...

I think you might be lysdexic!
Bill

Slappy (funk?)
Linder of Solingen sells real knives very similar to yours. A little pricey, but real works of art like they made at the turn of the century (the 1890- 1925 period.) You should get one. You'll love it.
Old bassist Bill

Try Chad at Nemo Knives.
Bill

Spring steel is, by it's very nature, high carbon.
Bill

Bayonet blades can not be properly sharpened. They are not meant to be sharpened. The bayonet blades from the 1940s and 1950s were not sharpened. The blade design is wrong for sharpening. Flat ground blades can be, and are, sharpened. Damascus and ATS34 will take and hold an edge.
Bill DeShivs

Sorry, Al, but gotta correct you here... The modern knives use carbon steel back/kick springs.
Perhaps the reason they protrude is because they are thinner than the old ones?
Bill

I can't post pics here, but there were several knives made with shell pullers on the rear. Most had clip-point blades and a ring-pull or fulcrum release lever. They were button-opening knives. The lever lock shell-pullers had the pullers on the front.
Bill

I would think that the hole is for traction, and possibly for lanyard use, though I have never seen that stated. The Europeans are very tradition-oriented people, and this is the way most have always been built. It works well, looks traditional- so I suspect that is the reason. Plain levers are slip...

Vini
The plastic used on most Italians is not injection moulded, but cut from sheets, and drilled/routed. It appears to basically be casting epoxy, colored and cast into sheets, surface milled.
Some of the cheaper italians may use injection moulded scales. Your answer may be correct for those.
Bill