Bose Knives

I really like the Zulu blade and the rest of that knife is A-OK as well. :thumbup:

John, how can you tell the shield wasn't hand cut in?
 
JpN said:
Yep…and I have a pic of it somewhere…
Stag looks great, I guess the days of the hand cut shields are over.
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I don't think those days are totally over yet, but I know what yer sayin, John. I know that Tony still occasionally has to hand cut a shield(meaning, make the shield from scratch) on occasion when he doesn't have the shield available from his well known supplier/business partner. :D It does add a bit of time and aggravation to the process to have to make the shield, but I don't think the wire cut shields detract from the aesthetics of the knife. Your mileage may vary:p.
 
Oh, I thought he meant chiseling the space for the shield instead of using a parser plate. So maybe the hand-made shields are more pointy on the edges instead of rounded?
 
Mike Robuck said:
Oh, I thought he meant chiseling the space for the shield instead of using a parser plate. So maybe the hand-made shields are more pointy on the edges instead of rounded?
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That might be generally true but it depends on the shield pattern that it's being copied from. At the Wilfred Works, they have hardened examples (templates) of shields that are used to make duplicate shields out of stainless of whatever thickness material that is needed for a particular handle. Some shields need to be thicker if being put on stag due to the depth of grooves and figuring.

The WT that I made you needed to be .060" thick rather than the regular .040" so a hand made shield worked better in that situation.
 
Party on dudes!...it's my 2500th post WOOOHOOO!

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Happy 2500th Kerry! And many more!

How about giving away a HoYoYo?:D
 
KnifeHead said:
I don't think those days are totally over yet, but I know what yer sayin, John. I know that Tony still occasionally has to hand cut a shield(meaning, make the shield from scratch) on occasion when he doesn't have the shield available from his well known supplier/business partner. :D It does add a bit of time and aggravation to the process to have to make the shield, but I don't think the wire cut shields detract from the aesthetics of the knife. Your mileage may vary:p.
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The wire cut/parser plate deal does has it advantages….for pearl and ivory and such…its fast and looks perfect ….but not in stag or bone.

To me…”the collector” ..the customer…the guy shelling out the bucks….Oh ya that guy ……..he wants a handmade knife… and those just don’t cut it for me…

I always thought the handmade shield looks better with the sharp crisp edges…just my two cents. I guess they just look too factory for me.

It’s a jig….whats next’s? a jig to grind blades?
 
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Could someone explain a little more about the details of the wire cut vs. handmade shields? And the methods for installation? I noticed the shield on the modified wharncliffe is quite "proud" of the surface. I know this is necessary sometimes, depending on the stag.
 
waynorth said:
Could someone explain a little more about the details of the wire cut vs. handmade shields? And the methods for installation? I noticed the shield on the modified wharncliffe is quite "proud" of the surface. I know this is necessary sometimes, depending on the stag.
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Charlie...the shield on a Bose knife is NEVER above the handle material. It looks like it is due to the figure of the stag. If you could sight across the surface of the stag and the shield you'd see it was perfectly flush.

The shields that are available from several sources are simply CAD/CAM machine cut shields that are matched to parser plates that make installation into smooth handle materials seemless. When putting shields into rough handle materials like jigged bone or stag then sometimes thicker shield materials are needed. Machine cut shields are usually too thin to be used in stag so the maker is required to make his own shield out of thicker material.

Personally I have seen some hand made shields in custom knives that kinda look like they were hand made, unsymetrical abstract art, but they weren't in a Bose. :)

My vote is for a perfect shield, perfectly fitted in the handle. I've not seen anything other than that in either of Tony's or Reese's knives, but... I might be a bit prejudiced. :thumbup::D Keep on truckin!
 
Forgot to mention....the recess in uneven materials is hand cut in with tiny chisels. The shield to be installed is scribed around over the surface of the material and then the innerds are chiseled out so the shield sits in it with NO GAPS (in my case, hopefully)

On smooth handle materials, a matching parser plate(template) is used to perfectly remove the material(via a vertical end mill) that will be replaced by a perfectly fitted, gapless shield.

Does that help?
 
"Charlie...the shield on a Bose knife is NEVER above the handle material. It looks like it is due to the figure of the stag. If you could sight across the surface of the stag and the shield you'd see it was perfectly flush." [Quote from Kerry]

I knew that. I meant you can see the edges from some angles due to the stag. I guess I should say what I mean:o!
Thanks for the enlightenment, Kerry. Hand cutting the recess must be tedious, exacting work. I agree the fit is always super on Bose knives. Have you ever seen a hand driven parser flailing around the "Works"?
 
JPN, Maybe its just different than your used to. The more I look at it the more I like it. I'm getting picky in my old age also. That's why I want a Bose knife.
 
You are right about that…no getting use to it for me…I would not be surprised if in the future it plays a negative factor in re-sale value…but again this is just my two cents.
 
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