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Brand new one from Reese.
I beleive it's his first Saddleback.
Enjoy

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I like the lock back with integral spring on the 2016 Case/Bose, does anyone the history of that configuration? Thx.
 
brownshoe said:
I like the lock back with integral spring on the 2016 Case/Bose, does anyone the history of that configuration? Thx.
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It is called a scissors spring. They have been used in custom knives for at least 40 years that I am aware of. I may be wrong, but think that Ron Lake was the first to use it.

Wolfe
 
I took apart a Case Swayback Jack to convert to a gent and was very surprised to see a pivot bushing. I do not know about the other patterns like the sowbelly or backpocket.
Nathan
 
That saddleback is amazing. Took some special stag to fit that knife. I think the first two Case/Bose collabs didn't have bushings, but the rest have.
 
I'm definitely going to be in the market for a "Wilfred Lockback T.Bose/Case Hunter", when available.
 
wolfeknives said:
It is called a scissors spring. They have been used in custom knives for at least 40 years that I am aware of. I may be wrong, but think that Ron Lake was the first to use it.

Wolfe
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Original R 1306s had this type of split spring long before Ron ever made a knife. Remington also made interframes in the 1920s. Rarely is anything new, sometimes they are improved. There was a patent on liner locks in 1906, that was improved by Mr Walker. Tangs were tapered in the 1800s , on and on. I saw a semiskinner made by M Price in the 1850s that had a tapered tang and looked like Loveless may have designed it. Some of the locking mechanisms are new but that's about it.
 
Thank you for that Tony. Were the Remington true interframes, machined or forged from one piece of material, or was it a formed from sheet metal, then attached to the liner? I have often wondered about that.

Wolfe
 
I don't know. But I've seen Bowie knives from the 1800s that had cast handles with inlays in them. The idea was there long ago . Like I said its hard to do something in this business that hasn't been done. That's why I tell people I don't design knives, I bring them back from the grave. If I do something different I draw from the past. We are not curing cancer here folks, it's just a knife.
 
Vinniebabarooch said:
Brand new one from Reese.
I beleive it's his first Saddleback.
Enjoy

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Got to re-post this jewel. Every so often, a knife makes such an impact even on us jaded connoisseurs , that we know we've seen something unforgettable. A marvel. That Stag, that bolster that blade. If there are people on this earth in 200 years time, they'll still stop and wonder at it.

Regards, Will
 
Will Power said:
Got to re-post this jewel. Every so often, a knife makes such an impact even on us jaded connoisseurs , that we know we've seen something unforgettable. A marvel. That Stag, that bolster that blade. If there are people on this earth in 200 years time, they'll still stop and wonder at it.

Regards, Will
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That description is completely accurate Will. Really a wonder to look at.
 
For the split spring on the 2016 Case/Bose collaboration, how does the cutler assure that the single piece of steel is springy at one end, but hard for the lock/blade interface at the other end?
 
Tony Bose said:
Original R 1306s had this type of split spring long before Ron ever made a knife. Remington also made interframes in the 1920s. Rarely is anything new, sometimes they are improved. There was a patent on liner locks in 1906, that was improved by Mr Walker. Tangs were tapered in the 1800s , on and on. I saw a semiskinner made by M Price in the 1850s that had a tapered tang and looked like Loveless may have designed it. Some of the locking mechanisms are new but that's about it.
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These parts are from an orig 1306 made in the '20s.
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brownshoe said:
For the split spring on the 2016 Case/Bose collaboration, how does the cutler assure that the single piece of steel is springy at one end, but hard for the lock/blade interface at the other end?
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Same as any other backspring I'd guess, the thickness of the spring determines the amount of "spring"...did I really say that :)
 
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