Don't Need No Bolsters!!!

[Jack Black]

 

[Jack Black]

 

[Will Power]

Bolsters can dress up, and strengthen a pocket knife!!! I've seen them drive a tack in some cases among other oddball uses!! But are they really necessary??
If the liners and handles are sturdy, the knife will stand up to reasonable chores, without loosening or wobbling the blades!!!
In many ways, bolsters are optional, but not needed!! Whey else would we have so many knives without them?? This thread is dedicated to the knives that don't have, and indeed don't need those shiny chunks of metal!!! Here are some examples!!View attachment 3193978View attachment 3193979
Please post your shadows, if you have them!!

Like this idea for a thread Charlie, enormous variation we've seen so far. These initial examples you show are really something, but my award goes to the Lloyd- he gets a lot of 'atmosphere' and personal styling cues into his knives.

Here's my Stag vision and it's used a lot.

 

[Will Power]

The French make a lot of Shadow knives, factory & custom. Here's one of their genius strokes of simplicity the all metal Douk-Douk. Many sizes, colours, these the small 9cm in Carbon and Stainless. The Douk-Douk is fast approaching its centenary , 100 years in the shadows

 

[Headwinds]

And for baseball season -

 

[Rufus1949]

 

[DaveHS]

Another fun thread, Charlie! Here are a few of mine

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

 

[5K Qs]

Just an aside to this nice thread:

Will Power recently posted some admirable examples. He also started a similar thread about 10 years ago, if anyone wishes to see more of these "shadowy" knives:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/cast-your-shadow.1378553/

J jackknife also started a thread like this even earlier:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/shadow-patterns.689123/

(Both of these older threads probably have many missing photos because of Photoshop shenanigans.)

- GT

 

[Jack Sides]

Pat Crawford friction folder and the instant knife sheath. Two leather swatches and the stapler

 

[DaveHS]

Just an aside to this nice thread:

Will Power recently posted some admirable examples. He also started a similar thread about 10 years ago, if anyone wishes to see more of these "shadowy" knives:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/cast-your-shadow.1378553/

J jackknife also started a thread like this even earlier:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/shadow-patterns.689123/

(Both of these older threads probably have many missing photos because of Photoshop shenanigans.)

- GT

Thank you, G

 

[Hoffmajo89]

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Is that handle made of what I think it is?? if so, what a fantastic piece of surviving material!

 

[waynorth]

Just an aside to this nice thread:

Will Power recently posted some admirable examples. He also started a similar thread about 10 years ago, if anyone wishes to see more of these "shadowy" knives:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/cast-your-shadow.1378553/

J jackknife also started a thread like this even earlier:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/shadow-patterns.689123/

(Both of these older threads probably have many missing photos because of Photoshop shenanigans.)

- GT

Too bad about the missing pics!! But Thanks GT!!!

 

[Jack Black]

Is that handle made of what I think it is?? if so, what a fantastic piece of surviving material!

Yep, Abram Brooksbank Budding & Grafting Knife Thanks buddy