Boy's Knife question

[rma100]

Cool, apparently all of my Case knives have steel bolsters, as do all of my other GECs since they all seem to attract a refrigerator magnet!


Or possibly, since they have plenty of other steel components inside the bolsters, the magnet is actually attracted to the steel under the bolsters, kind of like how a refrigerator magnet can stick to the fridge through paper and the enamel paint that are between the magnet and the steel.

Nahhh... They must all be steel.

On a Gec Knife, there is no "steel under the bolsters". The solid bolsters attach directly to the liners. If the bolsters are nickel silver, than the liners are brass. If the bolsters are steel, than the liners are steel. The bolsters are a solid piece, not just plated steel.

 

[rma100]

The tube cap will have "STL" on it indicating the knife is all steel. I just tried the magnet test with a single bucky ball magnetic bead on my 15 and 92 and it stuck to the side of the bolster. Same like my Ken Erickson jack. Tried it on a 48 jack and the bead spun around from the bilster to the back spring. It did the same on a case peanut and Queen 26 stckman.

Look at the product serial number on any of the knives on this page:http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/patterns/15-huckleberry-boys-knife/

 

[jc57]

Apparently the magnet I used was too strong to give accurate results. It also sticks to the bone handles of a Case knife, so it's probably being attracted to the steel of the backsprings through the bone or the bolsters either one. I tested again with a weaker magnet which did not stick to Case's nickel silver but it did firmly click onto the bolsters on my #15 Boy's knife. So steel it is.