Yup, and I believe the Founding Fathers had originally included it in the Bill of Rights, but it did'nt make the final proof. I think it went something like this,

"Every able bodied man, with proper testicular fortitude, should have within his possession and on his immediate person a Bowie style blade of no less than 10" in length and no less than 5/16" at the spine, made from a properly heat treated high impact carbon steel with preferably a full flat grind and respirene C handles. These will be a necessity to help repel the zombie hordes that will surely challenge our young nation in the future. Men that lack testosterone or have innapropriately delicate wrists are recommended to carry a smaller mudder handled blade made from a proprietary blade steel known as...."

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Andy - I don't know for sure, but your knife may be worth a little more as a collectable. My first Cold Steel knife was a sterile Recon Scout, a little more rare than all the marked ones on the market. I have never seen an uncoated Recon Scout. I DO have the older model Carbon V bladed Trailmaster which is uncoated. Tom <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Andy that C.S oddity could be a great way of financing lots of Dan knives...