OK,
I've got a sore ass from riding the fence on all of this so let's do some "record-straightening". "What If" and "What Is" have had, from good times past, an absolute "crossroads" at times. I probably need to explain some of this.
Gert: Your knife has "11" options, "9" of which are chargeable and "1" which is no longer doable. I have, in the past when we were not saddled with the 5-option limit, requested and been granted a thin nickel silver butt cap. I didn't request it just to be, as Larry has stated, a PITY. I did it to balance the knife out properly..."especially" on Larry's Model #5-4"!
As Scott knows, I was fortunate enough to have many..."MANY" one-of-a-kind RMKs made for me in the past, both on Dave's watch (Griffin) and Pete's. Those days are no longer going to be made and we can all see the reasoning why, especially when Gary Randall is striving to eliminate the scheduling backlog!
I also sold a good many of these knives and regret it now..."BUT"...(Now, come on guys: You knew they're be a "but" in this)...at the time I sold them it was still totally probable to get more done...plain & simple!
At any rate: It's nice to see some of these old friends and to see the "what-ifs" again!
Stay sharp, Capt. Chris
PS: Below: One of my personal sets of Perry's (& my) project, The Glades Hunter. How many options folks?
PPS: I later sold this set...but I'm not "out"!
Nice set, regardless of how many...CCS