Yes, welcome (should have said that in my first post, sorry). Interesting knife. Given that Scott would definitely know if an RMK was made or modified at the shop (even as a one-off which do exist), I think we have to rule that out. So that would mean an owner modification. As for the differences with the "standard" 14, I've been told time and time again here that Randalls are hand made so individual knives can vary within the same model type. That's the best I can come up with here but then I am not anywhere close to having the expertise others on here have. Thanks for bringing this up.