A little study of a 50's era 14, and a 60's era 14. The 60's knife is a full 3/8" or more longer from the hilt to the tip. The discrepancy in length I ASSUME is due to finishing of the blades. By memory, it seems some if not a majority of the 50's era seem to be slightly more "blunt" if you will. We know according to Gaddis that the finish on the early Solingen blades were not up to par to Bo and were refinshed in the shop. Could there have been a slight loss in length due to the refinishing? After I posted and looked at the photo, I shoulda turned the blades the other way and started at zero. Duh.