Coining an Edge?

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

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I've been thinking about expanding my guard materials from my every day 416 SS to include bronze. l have seen a few photos of knives with coined spacers (photo below) in various designs and am intrigued by it. How is it done and how big a deal is it to get the tooling for it? Can it be done on stainless too? I always thought it was done by a patient guy with a metal checkering file, but I'm not that patient!

Thanks for the help.

TK

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I do my stainless pocket knife edges with a checker file - than use a jewelers saw to cut them deeper.
 
The guard in the picture appears to have been done with a 3 square jeweler's file. Checkering files cut straight lines-those cuts appear to be "V" shaped.
I use both checkering files and knurling tools on my folder liners.
 
Files and sometimes a jewelers saw.....and a Sharpie.

I start by marking the guard into quarters. I then make a mark in the middle of each quarter. I continue until the marks are even and fill the edge as I desire. From there, I use the saw to make a shallow cut on each mark. Then you use the files to make the pattern.
 
Yep there really is not a quick/short cut way to do this. That said I don't find it takes to long to do them with a checkering file. If you have not tried it give it a shot you might be surprised.
 
Thanks for the input fellas - looks like nothin' cool is easy, is it??
 
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Coining an edge can be very fast and easy. The question is whether this method will be deep enough for your intended look. I can coin a complete center liner in less than a minute, using basically the same principle that the early cutlers in Sheffield did.

You maybe interested in this link. It is a quick tutorial I did on the subject on the SA blade forum.
http://www.sablade.com/forums/showt...-liners-on-slipjoints&highlight=coining+liner
 
great tip. If you wanted deeper you could use it to get your initial marks and then file/saw
 
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