A spacer odyssey 2012.

Haze

Haze

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As the title suggests this was some time in the making and is not a quite your run of the mill spacer. I have seen a few spacers in this style for CRKs but I have never been happy with how they were stabalised in the handle. This got me thinking about the best way to have a back spacer but free up the lanyard hole and only use one piece of Ti......

Several drawings later and some machining here and there between other projects I think I have what is about as close to perfect as I can manage. It ticks all my design criteria boxes, a self stable spacer made of one piece that can be dropped in or out of the handle with out full disassembly.

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WOW Haze, I think you hit the jack pot on this one. Very nice work and a very thorough and well thought out design. I especially like as you said you don't have to disassemble the knife to install it, which is a plus with the umnumzaan. If you ever decide to make more, I would be highly interested in purchasing one. Keep up the great work my friend.
 
Thanks much, mate. It was an effort that's for sure, but it turned out real nice even if I do say so my self. :o
 
awesome! lanyard hole free, and not having to disassemble :thumbup:

I've seen the other spacers pop up before, but the functionality of them is just to make sure nothing is creeping in on the blade while in the pocket right? It's slipped my mind.
 
A spacer that runs along the back does help stop stuff hitting the blade with the knife is closed, I find it also feels better in the hand. There is also an amount of styling involved, they just look cooler I think. This style of spacer works very nicely on the Umnumzaan next to the handle texturing, I think they are less visually pleasing on the Sebenza but functionally they are of course sound. :):thumbup:
 
Man oh man.


If you ever decide to sell any of those, please, please let me know.

Looks fantastic.
 
Nice. Seriously. Any plans on making one that goes all the way up to the top, sealing the back of the knife? I hate things hitting the edge.
 
There you have it Haze...enough sales to pay for your next knife...I think you're onto something here...
 
Thanks again for the kind words every one. It was a bit of a PITA but over all a fun project to do so I'm glad it turned out to be a success. :):thumbup:

DrFish said:
Nice. Seriously. Any plans on making one that goes all the way up to the top, sealing the back of the knife? I hate things hitting the edge.
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A full back spacer like the one I just made would present a few problems. The back of the knife isn't flat so the "feet" that sit on the top of the frame would have to be individually milled to match the shape of knife handle. That would be so time consuming to do and get right it would be verging on the ridiculous. It would also mean the spacer would cost more than the knife it's going on. I have to mill everything by hand to get where I want to go, I'm also not about to start doing CNC programs for knife spacers. :p

The Sebenza gives one a bit more to play with as far as a full back spacer as it has a stop pin for the spacer to sit on, but there are still a few "buts". The half back spacers actually protect the blade enough in my experience but a full back spacer is something that I do like as well. I have done many for the Emerson knives I've worked on but CRKs are a different beast indeed to other knives.
 
Very cool indeed, Haze! So it's a friction fit after running the back post through it?

I didn't realize you were such a good machinist. I wish I were!

Prof.
 
Indeed it is, the spacer being pressed onto the blade when closed is the main problem with a spacer that is anything more than a stand off. It can obviously just rotate in its fixture if it's not secured some how. The spacer being pushed the other way out of the handle is not an issue so this was a grand fix for the problem I had with how to secure the spacer while only using one piece. :):thumbup:

Professor said:
Very cool indeed, Haze! So it's a friction fit after running the back post through it?

I didn't realize you were such a good machinist. I wish I were!

Prof.
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WOW, what a labor of love and talent. I take my hat off to you my friend, Awesome.
 
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