Well everyone thanks for your intrest. I would like to take the "long way around the barn" to make the story more interesting but, it is not that long. The blade as I said was not done by CRK's ( I knew that) the groves were also done after leaving CR's shop. :-( that is not to say they are not nicely done, they are. They could not reblast the scales and who ever did the polishing and anodizing altered the specs of the scales. I am not crazy about the polishing and anodizing but not sure if anyone can reblast the scales. All that said I have a wonderful Lg. Regular Sebenza from Feb. 11, 1998 with a very nice original box and BC and all other paper work. And since I am a user it has found a home. I will send pictures after I get my outdoor chores done, chickens, bees, garden and run the dog.