Is this a 2 dot???

Scott, LOOK AT YOU ! What did he find ? There is the 'complete set' of 2 dot models with all pin configurations . From 2-4, small and large, Scotty here posted them all . ;)
I'm in the Holiday spirit . Thanks for allowing us to enjoy your photo of 2 dot 110's . DM
 
dittos on showing all the 2 dots thanks scott
on looking at the close ups
while i still favor older blade in newer frame
it is not so strong as it was..
the dateing by the owner .. dave i also would put stock in what he said

but i dont have access to my data on what come out when...or my knives..

kick's on the blades do change as the stamping dies change also
looking at this blade it does have evidence of soft line on the top of the grind but haveing watched how a knife is finished at buck
i dont put to much stock on after market scotch bright work ..

wow what a good project for some one... to take up !!
find exzmples of each type of blade and the year
and corlate all the data on kick and tang stamps!!
the kick grind // the nail nick shape //
the inlays as in two, or four for that 6 mos and three rivet
start date of simi radisusing and full radesing

but first test i would do is :
4 dots have the thicker blade on the edge
this is the first dateing clue
take a known 4 dot mike it then compair this one to it
that will be a known T/F tell tail ...
thick or simi hollow grind on the edge = 2 dot
thin or full hollow grind on the edge = 4 dot
humm three dot blades ...
i know the three dot 111 classic is thin
on three dots some were thin some were thick i believe
some styles of 3 dots are know to loose dots at times

there have been picts posted of dots in the past and most all
it was easy to see with camara mag the hints of dots
this was in concerned with early 3 line and the
issue of no dots and one dot each side
as to what was in each type of frame and spacer

so this resurch could also be extended to earler blades
and again help define when a blade was made
but NOT when it was put in a frame
buck still uses up old blades they fine in new issues!!!!
 
Well, I found an 87 with that exact same stamp (except for the dots, of course) and I've never seen a stamp like that on a 440C knife, so I think we have to accept that this is a post-80 Four-Dotter in 425M and it has been polished up in a way that removed two of the dots.

Being that it's fully radiused, it would be an 83, 84, 85 vintage.....(I'm not sure precisely where, as in late 85 or early 86, the change to the 86 Marking started exactly).

I do see faint swirls in the steel where the dots should have been......not conclusive, but this detective is now convinced.

The seller is either confused or just engaging in a little creative marketing. Who knows, he may even have polished the knife himself to make up a "NIB" item from one with a few wear marks.

Sellers on e-Bay often buy and sell a lot of knives. Can't expect accurate historical information all the time.

Good eye, Scott Hartman.

Now we will all be on the alert for that faint line across the blade of a "NIB" knife.

:)
 
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