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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
You know that's not a bee on the lock, right? It's a rattlesnake's head.
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It's the "forged bee" symbol, derived from French heraldry (Napoleonic era), used by the originator of that knife style in France. The "royal bee" also appears on coinage of the era. Today the symbol is used worldwide in the manufacture of knives even remotely similar to the original as a marketing gimmick.
More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguiol...oduction_sites