Prototype or Apprentice knife?

[randucci]

Is this a Prototype LMS or a Apprentice knife?

 

[thatmguy]

I would say proto.

While it lacks actual talon holes, it is struturally intact.

Apprentice knives are not. The front talon "protrusion" is normally ground off on apprentice blades.

Nice find.

 

[bakerj]

That looks like the "PROTO" over on EBAY right now!

 

[randucci]

Yes it is, I was wondering if it was advertised correctly.

 

[s002cjs]

I have a black one with a profile similar to that of a Basic 3 which still has the talon nub area still intact. I was told it was an apprentice knife, although I can't remember the steel it was made out of although it was different than what Busse blades were ever made from.

When I stumbled across it, I was excited since it, too, was 3/16", and I was hoping that it was a proto for a new knife in that size and shape. No such luck though, although my AD has me pretty happy in that department now.