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Complicating the issue is that I believe* that the blades of the small makers might have been ground, etched, and finished by a specialty concern rather than by maker.
There is a relatively long list of RZM approved subcontractors for the dagger makers. Taken together with the list of makers itself. It's not hard to see that quite a bit of what is normally ascribed to maker(s) may have more to do with subcontractor(s). Which would tend to confirm Dave's belief. With the RZM period merely being an approved extension of prior commercial practices. FP
