ROSTFREI ??

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David Nowlin

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i notice my older SAK's have ROSTFREI on a 4th line. Newer ones dont have it and only have 3 lines? What is the meaning and is this a way to date them?
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ROSTFREI (rust free) is German for Stainless Steel. INOX is also a term for Stainless (inoxidizable means not capable of being Oxidized) The Victorinox brand is a combination of Victoria (somebody’s niece) and INOX (as described above). I think that Mercedes Benz got their name the same way, Mercedes (somebody’s niece) and Benz (Karl’s last name).
 
tiguy7 said:
ROSTFREI (rust free) is German for Stainless Steel. INOX is also a term for Stainless (inoxidizable means not capable of being Oxidized) The Victorinox brand is a combination of Victoria (somebody’s niece) and INOX (as described above). I think that Mercedes Benz got their name the same way, Mercedes (somebody’s niece) and Benz (Karl’s last name).
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I think Victoria was the founder's mother.

I do think you're right on Mercedes being someone's niece.

I always liked the sound of "ROSTFREI"...sounds exotic and tough. Much more so than "stainless" or "rust-free."
 
To answer your question on the dates, yes, I believe you can. I recall there being a SAKwiki resource with date ranges for the different tang stamps.
 
Maybe it was the Smatchet that was named after somebody’s niece. Isn’t fractured History fun?
 
The smatchet was named for Col. Montgomery Smatchet of the Union US Calvary in the late 1850s. It was originally ground from an old plow blade and had a railroad spike as a cross guard. Col. Smatchet would often eavesdrop on his troops sitting around the communal mess table. When the topic would come up about what knife to purchase at the next stop over in a town with a blacksmith, many would debate of whether to get a simple folding pen blade for practical purposes or to go with one of the newfangled popular Bowie knives of the day. Although the two knives could not be further apart in function, greenhorn troops would inevitably ask more veteran soldiers which one was better. As the pointless argument escalated into backbiting, Col. Smatchet would rush in and throw his monstrous knife into the table point first, ending the debate.

Though Col. Smatchet sadly lost his life in a duel regarding which type of reclaimed wagon wheel steel yielded the finest quality blade, we here at BFC honor his memory by invoking his name and his knife anytime a ridiculous thread of "what knife should I buy" is posted.
 
gadgetgeek said:
To answer your question on the dates, yes, I believe you can. I recall there being a SAKwiki resource with date ranges for the different tang stamps.
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I have checked SAKwiki and i cant find the info you are talking about. Guess I don’t know the ins and outs of that site but I’ll keep looking thx!
 
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