Bolster Question

So, left to right would be Ribbed, Crimped and Rat Tailed and Grooved?
Greg

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Wade, the closest thing I can find is called a "stepped" bolster from an illustration in the "Official Price Guide To Collector Knives" (volume 15, p. 31).

Hope that helps some.
 
mckgreg said:
So, left to right would be Ribbed, Crimped and Rat Tailed and Grooved?
Greg

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Greg here's my take on your bolsters. L to R Threaded, Pinched and threaded, and pinched. I ask Frank Buster one time about those far R and he called them pinched. If I remember correctly. As you know Frank had them on several of his knives...
 
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Absintheur said:
Seeing as the knowledge is flowing freely here perhaps someone can inform me what the proper nomenclature for this bolster would be. It starts flat like a threaded but after the flat it drops into the rounded stepped down area.

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Absintheur, I think your bolster is called stepped as Elliott stated. I call it a 2 stepped bolster and threaded. Some are 3 stepped as I'm sure you have seen. Another thing about your F. Buster Razor Barlow I believe it's a flush joint. Please look and post a pix if so...

Thanks,
 
d.parker said:
Absintheur, I think your bolster is called stepped as Elliott stated. I call it a 2 stepped bolster and threaded. Some are 3 stepped as I'm sure you have seen. Another thing about your F. Buster Razor Barlow I believe it's a flush joint. Please look and post a pix if so...

Thanks,
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It is a flush joint, tho not perfectly flush. It is a production knife and was likely thought to be "close enough"...

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I think a rarttail is more like a 1/4 in. radius like in the older English pruners and stuff like the Camillus older Congresses.I'v alwayse regarded the other ones as fluted or fancy.
 
Absintheur said:
It is a flush joint, tho not perfectly flush. It is a production knife and was likely thought to be "close enough"...

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Thanks Absintheur for the pix. I thought it was. I think I have one of those, I need to look and see. I forget things after so many years...:rolleyes:
 
mckgreg said:
So, left to right would be Ribbed, Crimped and Rat Tailed and Grooved?
Greg

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Bernie Levine told me the proper cutlery term for the center one is "spooned"!
(Just to make sure I stay confused probably;))
 
So what do we got here in the three I posted. Let's see. Left to right, #1Threaded or Ribbed #2 Rat Tailed or Grooved and Spooned, Crimped or Pinched. #3 could be threaded or ribbed but seeing that it is an "End Condition" of the bolster I suspect there is another term. But henceforth, I am going to refer to it as Ribbed. Is it the consensus of my peers that "Ribbed", "Rat Tailed" and "Spooned" are the more appropriate terms to use in describing these decorations and that I will have to use the other terms I've acquired in pool halls and flea markets?:D All in favor say AYE
Greg
 
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Too many different terms for my pea-brain to deal with. I think I will narrow my interest to shadow patterns only. :D
 
Thomason said:
Too many different terms for my pea-brain to deal with. I think I will narrow my interest to shadow patterns only. :D
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Rob, you think that's bad, you should try making them.... :eek::D

Good thread. :thumbup:

Todd




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Greg, I don't know who peers are but those definitions you choose are some I'm not familiar with and they sure didn't come from the pool halls and flea markets I go to. I guess a little refinement is due for me...
 
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