The Egyptian knifeis the only knife with a distinctive chocolate brown color grip

 The frog is of looser weave than Russian and East German frogs

The scabbard is painted black, with a black insulator.

The fit and finish on Egyptian knifes is more crude than other Type II knifes

 A characteristic of Egyptian production is the excess glue around the grip, pommel, and crosspiece

The Egyptian knifes represents a transition between the Type I and Type II knifes , mating the Type I scabbard with the Type II knifes