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I've had this pattern for quite a few years when I received it from Dave Shirley at Northwoods knives when I purchased that little limited edition model he offered. Always liked that little two blade original Northwoods Scagel folder but the two blades made it too heavy and it was far too wide for me to carry comfortably. A friend in Australia took a couple of those Northwood knives and split them apart making two separate folders out of them and I liked the idea so I bought one he did using Lignum handles. I love the knife but its way thick and kind of round so it rolls around in my pocket all day long which drives me crazy. The wood used in that one was actual Scagel wood from the attic of his home which was found by the new owners. I have documentation to prove it and felt that one should be kept as is after that.
I wanted to carry that one but being its so rare I never did carry it at all in the original new knife from Northwoods and only limited carry was done with the one Dirk, (Oupa) did for me using the lignum from the old Scagel homestead. .
Anyway, to make a long story short, I finally got around to making one of my own folders like this. Well, okay I actually have done four and have one more started on the my bench. These are not for sale. I've had some other things planned for these for a while with some overdue 'gifts' for a couple people. My wife got one which was the orange one shown here. She reminded me the other day how she didn't have an STR folder with that classic pout only she can pull off.
So I had to fix her up and she got the first 'experiemental' one I did which taught me enough to make a better one the second and third time. My long time friend and veternarian for all our pets the entire time we have lived in Bartlesville got the second one. He retired and we really miss him. I wanted to do something really special for him for his retirement so this was the best way I could think of to thank him.
The fourth one I only pinned together and mailed off for a friend who did some favors for me a while back taking on some work with pearl and tortoise shell handles that I simply wanted nothing to do with
. He wanted it this way to do his own handles on it. I'm waiting to see that one in the future as I'm sure it will be more 'traditional' than what I have managed here.
I know this is a bit outside of the traditional approach looking at my interpretation of this ole time pattern but I wanted to make something that was my idea of what a EDC slip joint has to be to be great. Call it my 'Tactical Slip" if you like.
My perfect knife had to be stainless steel with great corrosion resistance but also great edge keeping. I went with ATS34 for blade steel and spring. Blade is 60-61 + or - for Rockwell hardness. Back spring is 50 RC. Liners are ti and the pins are stainless steel on this one. I used titanium pins on the first two though and this last one was the only one done with a modern pivot. I used a stainless 1/8" pivot barrel for the pivot on the one I did for myself.
Next the perfect EDC had to have some grip. I chose .070 thickness textured black G10 I snagged from Halpern titanium a few years ago and made the scales such that I can pop them off and pop on some green textured, or orange textured scales in the same thickness at my whim. I wanted either G10 or Micarta for a handle material and the reason was immunity to chemicals, oils and other such nasty things, as well as, lack of any real issues for cracking or splitting, fraying or chipping. Big appeal for no temp. sensitivity with this handle scale choice also but it had to look good.
Next it had to be small enough to carry easily but big enough to work harder than its size may indicate. I managed to pull that off but that was a given with this tried and true design I think. I love this pattern!
If I could get all this in a package so light you don't know you have it on you until you need it I'd be really happy!. I pulled that off as well and must say I'm quite pleased with how these came out..
The one I carry is 1.4 ounces and at 3 and 1/4" for size its pure pocket joy! The orange one and the other black one I did for my family vet both weighed in at 1.5 ounces each. All these lay nice and flat in the pocket and the action and snap is great on each one. I didn't mill relieve them or anything like that. I'm afraid I wouldn't know enough to pursue that avenue just yet. Maybe on a later model. Also, and probably most important I don't need a fingernail to be able to open the blade!
Thats a big plus for this short nailed individual believe me.
Anyway, long time coming here with one of these. I've had this planned for some time so I finally got some motivation to get her done when the blades arrived back from Peters heat treat the other day. It was fun doing some of these slip joints. It sure makes you appreciate the guys that do this professionally I'll tell ya what! I never claimed to be a slip joint pro and I still don't but at least I'm making some progress in the direction. It is after all where I started working on knives doing repairs back in yesteryear. Let me know what you think. Sorry for these indoor pics and the long post. The lighting was really bad on those first two shots with lots of glare. My second attempt on the most recent one I did came out much nicer outside in this great 72 degree weather we area having today.
Thanks for looking.
STR
I wanted to carry that one but being its so rare I never did carry it at all in the original new knife from Northwoods and only limited carry was done with the one Dirk, (Oupa) did for me using the lignum from the old Scagel homestead. .
Anyway, to make a long story short, I finally got around to making one of my own folders like this. Well, okay I actually have done four and have one more started on the my bench. These are not for sale. I've had some other things planned for these for a while with some overdue 'gifts' for a couple people. My wife got one which was the orange one shown here. She reminded me the other day how she didn't have an STR folder with that classic pout only she can pull off.
So I had to fix her up and she got the first 'experiemental' one I did which taught me enough to make a better one the second and third time. My long time friend and veternarian for all our pets the entire time we have lived in Bartlesville got the second one. He retired and we really miss him. I wanted to do something really special for him for his retirement so this was the best way I could think of to thank him.The fourth one I only pinned together and mailed off for a friend who did some favors for me a while back taking on some work with pearl and tortoise shell handles that I simply wanted nothing to do with
. He wanted it this way to do his own handles on it. I'm waiting to see that one in the future as I'm sure it will be more 'traditional' than what I have managed here. I know this is a bit outside of the traditional approach looking at my interpretation of this ole time pattern but I wanted to make something that was my idea of what a EDC slip joint has to be to be great. Call it my 'Tactical Slip" if you like.
My perfect knife had to be stainless steel with great corrosion resistance but also great edge keeping. I went with ATS34 for blade steel and spring. Blade is 60-61 + or - for Rockwell hardness. Back spring is 50 RC. Liners are ti and the pins are stainless steel on this one. I used titanium pins on the first two though and this last one was the only one done with a modern pivot. I used a stainless 1/8" pivot barrel for the pivot on the one I did for myself.
Next the perfect EDC had to have some grip. I chose .070 thickness textured black G10 I snagged from Halpern titanium a few years ago and made the scales such that I can pop them off and pop on some green textured, or orange textured scales in the same thickness at my whim. I wanted either G10 or Micarta for a handle material and the reason was immunity to chemicals, oils and other such nasty things, as well as, lack of any real issues for cracking or splitting, fraying or chipping. Big appeal for no temp. sensitivity with this handle scale choice also but it had to look good.
Next it had to be small enough to carry easily but big enough to work harder than its size may indicate. I managed to pull that off but that was a given with this tried and true design I think. I love this pattern!
If I could get all this in a package so light you don't know you have it on you until you need it I'd be really happy!. I pulled that off as well and must say I'm quite pleased with how these came out..
The one I carry is 1.4 ounces and at 3 and 1/4" for size its pure pocket joy! The orange one and the other black one I did for my family vet both weighed in at 1.5 ounces each. All these lay nice and flat in the pocket and the action and snap is great on each one. I didn't mill relieve them or anything like that. I'm afraid I wouldn't know enough to pursue that avenue just yet. Maybe on a later model. Also, and probably most important I don't need a fingernail to be able to open the blade!
Thats a big plus for this short nailed individual believe me. Anyway, long time coming here with one of these. I've had this planned for some time so I finally got some motivation to get her done when the blades arrived back from Peters heat treat the other day. It was fun doing some of these slip joints. It sure makes you appreciate the guys that do this professionally I'll tell ya what! I never claimed to be a slip joint pro and I still don't but at least I'm making some progress in the direction. It is after all where I started working on knives doing repairs back in yesteryear. Let me know what you think. Sorry for these indoor pics and the long post. The lighting was really bad on those first two shots with lots of glare. My second attempt on the most recent one I did came out much nicer outside in this great 72 degree weather we area having today.
Thanks for looking.
STR
