🧪 Brown-handled Forschner No. 405-6 demonstration knife (People's 334)
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Brown-handled Forschner No. 405-6 demonstration knife (People's 334)

A brown wooden-handled, single-edged knife inscribed "Forschner No. 405-6," introduced as a demonstrative exhibit and compared with People's 333 to explain blade-thickness differences and possible wound-pattern implications. People's 334 and 335 were later discussed together in a foundation dispute over demonstrative knives.

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