The one from my collection with the bone handle has a very similar construction as the one from Yuri where some of the wire binding got lost like Yuri confirmed. I am nearly sure that my one has two rivets under the wire binding also, I have seen some of these knives where the wire binding was opened or lost, all had the same construction like we see it in Yuri's example.
I hope Khaled (Fennec) sees this thread and will be able to tell us more. In my opinion the wire binding is only a reinforcing.
Regards,
Detlef
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