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					Originally Posted by  Iain
					 
				 
				Thats the element I was referring to. Never see it on native blades. 
			
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 Over the years I have had a couple (perhaps 3 even) trade blades and they did not have a ricasso, merely a blunt, less sharp, thickened area at the base. A ricasso proper is a distinct squared off base, like this...