I can understand the desire for folks to know who is doing what and what changes have occurred in the production of popular brands/lines, but maybe we should all do Jon and ourselves a favor and try to only make statements that are factually true, rather than mistakenly perpetuating assumptions and deductions based on speculation or word of mouth.
Trying to speculate who is doing what in the production cycle of a knife without inside knowledge is a bit like trying to guess which of the line cooks at a restaurant prepared your steak, or the potatoes, or the sauteed greens without ever stepping in the kitchen or asking the server.
Just my two cents.