Military date stamp question

dissipator16

dissipator16

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Just got this bad boy and found this. The date seems self explanatory but what about the initials?

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10-14 is police code for information and TS is for transfer to suzukigs750ez, meaning in order to get more information you would need to send it to me. Lol. Just kidding. I want to say my military is pre 2014 and only has the date, which started in 2009. I have no clue what the letters are, 10-14 is fairly conclusive to the date the blade was made. Maybe it's a batch identifier for qc?
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
10-14 is police code for information and TS is for transfer to suzukigs750ez, meaning in order to get more information you would need to send it to me. Lol. Just kidding. I want to say my military is pre 2014 and only has the date, which started in 2009. I have no clue what the letters are, 10-14 is fairly conclusive to the date the blade was made. Maybe it's a batch identifier for qc?
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That was funny!

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i found out on the spyderco group facebook page that the initials are of the guy who finished and sharpened the knife.
 
Well then, in May of 2015 MH R did one epic grind job on my s110v pm2. AhThank you sir!
 
Ah, a way to weed out the sharpeners who don't produce laser like edges lol. I figured they were codes for batches of blades for qc
 
dissipator16 said:
i found out on the spyderco group facebook page that the initials are of the guy who finished and sharpened the knife.
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I'm skeptical about this being true. All of spydercos blades are produced in large batches, and all of the Lazer engraving is completed prior to sharpening and finishing.

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gglotz83 said:
I'm skeptical about this being true. All of spydercos blades are produced in large batches, and all of the Lazer engraving is completed prior to sharpening and finishing.

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That was my EXACT thought as well when I read that. I still hold to my theory that it's a batch marker. Say one sheet of steel produces 200 knives, mark them with a "HM" and all the HM knives are easily identifiable if something arises with a weak steel or something.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
That was my EXACT thought as well when I read that. I still hold to my theory that it's a batch marker. Say one sheet of steel produces 200 knives, mark them with a "HM" and all the HM knives are easily identifiable if something arises with a weak steel or something.
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Agreed. I think a batch mark is a logical explanation.

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