No need to speculate....
Per JTC factory letter based on, “past conversations with my friend Roe Clark, Rentzke came from Germany after WW 11 and gained employment at Savage around 1956 or 1957. Roe also started at Savage in 1956. Rentzke did not work full time at engraving, but did other work believed to be in the engineering department. Roe also said that Rentzke left Savage very early in the 1960’s to become a teacher.”
The Savage Collector Community suffered a great loss when JTC retired as Savage Historian. Imho he is impossible to replace.
