Another new guy fit & finish question - Tidioute Sleeveboard

rma100 said:
You are mistaken again. Every knife I EDC is marked with an S from the Factory. You don't know anything about me.
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Only thing I know about you is your a distributor with a chip on your shoulder.....

You can't tell me that my personal experience with single spring, two blade knives is wrong. I'm glad you've had better luck than me.
 
jrtodd46 said:
Only thing I know about you is your a distributor with a chip on your shoulder.....

You can't tell me that my personal experience with single spring, two blade knives is wrong. I'm glad you've had better luck than me.
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But that's not what you said in your post, and what I was referring to. I never said that your "personal experience" was wrong. I said that you were mistaken that it is "the nature of the beast". And my choice of knives has nothing to do with whether all knives have blade rub or not.
 
rma100 said:
Not true at all. A well built knife doesn't rub. I have quite a few single spring knives with no rubs.
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jrtodd46 said:
Well, I've never had a two blade single spring that didn't rub. Only stating my personal experience. If we all could hand pick our knives, then there would be no threads of this nature. If I'm not mistaken, you are in a position where you can do that.
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I'd only add that blades may not rub for one person but then rub for another. Some of it depends on the experience of the owner in safely opening a knife with nested blades. I've gotten second hand knives where the blades were scratched from rubbing together but in my personal use i saw no reason for them to rub together. They were well built, tight, and there was room for each blade to safely nestle without touching the other, but someone at some point had a tendency to push the blade over while opening it and the scratches appeared.
 
Very true statement.

I've admittedly one only dealt with thin two bladed single spring knives. So my results are skewed. I enjoyed the knives none the less because they were gonna scratch sooner or later.
 
Lemmy Caution said:
I'd only add that blades may not rub for one person but then rub for another. Some of it depends on the experience of the owner in safely opening a knife with nested blades. I've gotten second hand knives where the blades were scratched from rubbing together but in my personal use i saw no reason for them to rub together. They were well built, tight, and there was room for each blade to safely nestle without touching the other, but someone at some point had a tendency to push the blade over while opening it and the scratches appeared.
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Fair point :thumbup:
 
Lemmy Caution said:
I'd only add that blades may not rub for one person but then rub for another. Some of it depends on the experience of the owner in safely opening a knife with nested blades. I've gotten second hand knives where the blades were scratched from rubbing together but in my personal use i saw no reason for them to rub together. They were well built, tight, and there was room for each blade to safely nestle without touching the other, but someone at some point had a tendency to push the blade over while opening it and the scratches appeared.
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This..
I collect a very old pattern single spring folder,and do not EDC them. To keep down the chance for blade rub,I always open the large primary blade first,then the secondary in each instance. The same principle applies to blade rub and opening whittlers.

Here's a link to what catch bits( the cause of the space you referred to) are all about. Starts on this page and continues in the next page.It also will show you the pinnacle of what I collect.:)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/711933-Ken-Erickson-Knives-A-Retrospective/page115
 
Thanks for that link on catch bits wlfryjr. I've noticed them but figured they must be part of the design of the knife. As for blade rub, I notice it on a few knives, but that's because I have a tendency to push in when I open a blade. Doesn't bother me though. Heck, I have one knife where the blade rubs the liner a little too. Doesn't bother the edge of the blade or the action of the knife so it's not that big of a deal.
 
I have many vintage 4 blade Senators: 2 springs(slender) & 4 blades; U.S.A. & Sheffield: incredible marvels, 4 blades nested in seemingly with no gaps, but there are no rubs, anywhere, so blades are actually not touching even though you can't see gaps between them. Super close tolerances and still work perfectly at 100+ years old. I think they are the finest of pocket knives.
kj
 
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