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William Henry Spryte






tang/blade stamp: WH
scale/handle: Mokume
steel: ATS-34
overall length: 4.5"
date/era: 2005
notes: Sapphire button inlay



SW Rocky Moser Snapper






tang/blade stamp: Smith and Wesson Police Issue (front) Design by Rocky Moser (back)
scale/handle: Zytel and stag
steel: 440A
overall length: 4.8"
date/era: 1996-1999
notes: In 1996 the owner of Visalia Manufacturing, Boyd Britt, his sister Terry, and their friend and employee Rocky Moser began manufacturing Rocky's small automatic knife design for Smith and Wesson. This design is most likely the first knife to be intended as a "Califonia Legal," although Robbie Dalton's "California Special" seems to be the first mini-auto to utilize the state's name in the title of the knife.



Delta-Z




tang/blade stamp:
scale/handle: Zytel and black Dymondwood
steel: either 440A or 154-CM
overall length: 4.8"
date/era: 1999-2003
notes: When Smith and Wesson stopped selling the design, Boyd Britt began making them for Barnaby Zelman's company, Delta Z Knives, which closed it's doors in February of 2003.



CA Auto




tang/blade stamp: Califonia Knives 154-CM
scale/handle: Zytel and Dymondwood
steel: either 154-CM
overall length: 4.8"
date/era: 2006
notes: A couple years after Delta Z went out of business, Boyd and Terry Britt along with Brooks Norton began manufacturing and marketing the knives under the Califonia Knives name, which they still do as of 2008.



CA Auto




tang/blade stamp: Califonia Knives 154-CM
scale/handle: carbon fiber
steel: either 154-CM
overall length: 4.8"
date/era: 2006

CA Executive




tang/blade stamp: Califonia Knives 154-CM
scale/handle: Titanium with abalone inlay
steel: either ATS34
overall length: 4.8"
date/era: 2009

Randall King Micro Striker




tang/blade stamp: Micro Striker - Made in USA
scale/handle: anodized aluminum
steel: ATS-34
overall length: 4.8"
date/era: 2006-2007
notes:



GT Mini Auto




tang/blade stamp: GT Knives USA
scale/handle: aluminum
steel: ATS-34
overall length: 4.75
date/era:
notes:



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