![]() Most of these knives have blades which are made of L6 tool steel. Serial numbering of production knives started with a six digit serial number, 001001 in early 1967 and continued to serial 112000 at the end of 1981. Mark II prototypes and salesman's samples were all stamped with a 000000 (six zeros) serial number (See the XKCT knife under Prototypes). However knives can be found that have no serial number and some are totally unmarked, missing both a serial number and the Gerber logo. To my knowledge, no knives were intentionally produced without serial numbers. It is fortunate for collectors that Gerber decided to stamp Mark II blades with a serial number as this added an extra step in knife production and thus extra cost. SERIAL NUMBERS - Serial numbers make dating the Mark II knives a simple process.
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