A little more time now, a little more Information.
About 1950-1953 my dad's oldest brother was a Major in the Occupation of Germany. I was somewhere between 5 & 8 years old, dad wasn't sure, Uncle Barney sent my folks a letter saying it was still tough to find work in Germany for the locals. He said that they were opening a factory and short on money. After a long talk my folks sent him $50 which was a week's pay for dad. He was sent back a stock certificate and forgot aout it for almost 3 years. At that time he was sent an offer to buy back the certificate for over 3 times the price so they could reorganise. Dad dug out the certificate and sent it back signed with a note saying he was a lot happier trading with Germany than fighting, that he wished them well and needed NO compensation. A month later he got a shoebox sized container with a whole bunch of pocket knives about 4' long, stainless body, two really good carbon (?) blades that still take and hold an edge. three pin construction, 2 1/2' horn (?) inlay. This current observation with a 10x jewelers loupe, markings "98 K GERMANY To make it more intresting blades and liner spacer backstrap have good adhesion to magnet, bolster ends less, and middle of open area between open blades almost none. The story I had from my father about 1988 when he was still alive. Dad gave away all the knives to frinds and relatives except one he kept which is now in my possesion. He used that knife for 30 years as a mechanic and never ever showed it any undo care or concern. It is still tight, it still sharpens well and still audibly snaps every time you close it.
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