Any brass bolstered knives out there?

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Macchina

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One of the coolest parts of seeing a traditional knife being used is seeing the patina form in unique ways that show where the knife has been. Often the main focus of patina here is the blade... then maybe the spring... but rarely do we talk about patina on the bolsters: because so many of them are Nickle Silver (which is a form of brass but more corrosion resistant). The liners on many of my often-carried traditionals are brass and I'm starting to notice some color coming to them. This got me thinking: why don't we see brass bolsters? I would love a brass bolstered knife made with pure brass that you can allow to tarnish a bit with the blade and spring. Is there a reason we don't see any brass bolsters? Of course, if you have any pictures of a knife with brass bolsters (or brass patina in general), please share!

Here is the spine of my 92 that I've carried quite a bit over the past few months.

 
My only brass bolstered knife from Italia. Beautiful matte patina forming,
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This one is an T.W Ablett . a buck 110 of course and a schrade land shark old timer . all have brass Bolster's but no pertia I'm afraid I am for ever cleaning them :) .. .. .
 
All I have is my 110 and a higo. I couldn't capture the 110 as good as I wanted to, but it has a fairly developed patina.
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Buck 110, though mine has stainless blades and backsprings. I never use the old 110 but I keep the bolsters polished. I don't like tarnish or patina on my tools if I can avoid it. If the backsprings and liners of my knife looked like yours I'd be getting out the metal polish. :) Different tastes I guess. I'm with R.c.s. on keeping mine looking relatively new.
 
Patina on my carbon steel blades I like. Patina on brass is just plain old tarnish and needs to be polished.
 
Thanks guys! I forgot I own both a 112 and 110. I'm going to carry the 112 tomorrow now :)
How are those KaBar slippies?
 
I have a couple of Craftsman stockmen made by Schrade for Sears with brass bolsters, shields and pins. Black sawcut delrin covers.

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black mamba said:
I have a couple of Craftsman stockmen made by Schrade for Sears with brass bolsters, shields and pins. Black sawcut delrin covers.

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I love that larger Stockman! And a new obsession begins...

Could you tell me a bit more about it? Are the bolsters integral? Carbon or stainless? 2 or 3 springs? Thanks!
 
The larger one is a standard two-spring with stainless blades, 4" closed, made between 1975 and 1983. A.C.A. Edge stands for Amazing Cutting Action Edge, which I believe was done by stropping to a convex edge. In the photo above, you can see a dark band about 2 mm wide above the edge on the sheepfoot where the convex starts. I bought both of these used, so they have probably seen a stone or two, but they do hold a very good edge. Schrade did a great job with their stainless. No bolster pins are visible, so they are most likely Swindon key construction. Here's another pic of the large one.

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