I always just assumed that the making ceremony with the gun and the knife and the finger pricking and everything was only for Joey A's era; once he got sent it off it sort of reverted back to a sort of informal thing. If you're in, you know you're in, and everyone whose already in, knows you're in. If that makes sense.
Except that guys like Sarno and Cataudella are made and may have been made after Aiuppa's time as boss.
I was referring more to the actual making ceremony. I think it's possible that Chicago doesn't employ the traditional method anymore and instead uses a more informal way of induction now. But I can't say for sure.
