Bolster finishing?

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Rebus777

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I have a question about bolster finishing on slipjoints.

At Smokey Mountain Knife Works they sell slipjoints
that they call "Factory overruns", they are usually
Camillus or Remington (Stockmen or Trappers) and
sell between $9.00 and $14.00 without a box or papers.

The bolsters of these knives usually have a bump
were the pin is not flush with the bolster.
Is this little nipple because the pin is made
of a harder metal than the bolster and because
of overbuffing it is left protruding? Which would
be a mistake.

Sometimes the Delrin scales protrude slightly
above the brass frames also.

Or are these knives simply sold in an unfinished
state at a lower price?

It is pretty easy to flush up the scales, but I
have never tried to fix the bolsters. These knives
are generally a good bargain only being cosmetically
flawed.

-Rebus
 
I would think that they are seconds and that they are being sold with manufacturing defects at a reduced price. I would highly doubt that this is being done on purpose.
 
Rebus, The pin in the bolster is a stainless steel pin on all
Camillus folders. As such the polish and finsh out different than
the nickel silver in the bolsters. The Scales are usually rough due
the fact that 99% of Camillus seconds get pulled prior to the
finial polish stages. I've used and sold a lot of seconds with none
returning. So if you want to a knife to learn on these would be them.
 
I have a few that I used, sold or given away to kids.
Great bargans in my experience and I have not had problems with them.
 
Tightwad and Others,

One thing I was wondering and probably did
not make clear is whether this nipple is
the result of a knife that was pulled
as a second and not finished, leaving the
bolster pin protruding.

Or is it a case of overpolishing the bolster,
causing the harder pin to protrude which can
not be easily fixed, thus making the knife
a second?

-Rebus
 
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