pad This is talked about in the “a week with the Companion Slim” thread and one of my posts read: “The MATT discussion came up on reddit earlier this year and Victorinox responded to the user with this:
“The markings on the back of the aluminium scales are part of our quality control system. Certain information (MATT, SP) about materials or suppliers is left on the scales during production so that any anomalies that occur at a later stage can be traced.”
I’m sure MI, M, and MII in the new Synergy models are the same.”