Dave: Nice thread idea and beautiful pictures and knives. I thought this recommendation of Dales fits in with this thread, and I expanded on it and your idea Dave. I think this could be a nice high traffic thread for a while.
There was name for that sort of work on the backsprings & liners.
It was called "jimping."
It goes back to the Schrade Cut Co time (IIRC). I have seen similar working on Camillus knives as well. I imagine Schrade also used it on SFOs also, but I can't think of an example off the top of my head.
It might be worth a thread of it's own to show knives (especially Schrades) with jimping.
Dale
Great idea Dale. I have several knives that fit that category. It reminded me of this flyer showing a Special Edition Program. Maybe examples like some shown in there would fit in this thread too.
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r...mages/1993-Special_Edition_Knife_programs.pdf
I have seen a lot of these discussed here from time to time. In flyer it shows five jimping patterns. And what Schrade also called "Engine Turned".
I encourage every one to look at this link on Larry V's fine website, and contribute customs or Special Editions into this thread, if they have customizations similar to what you see in this brochure.
Recently, Roland had a C641 that had scrolled bolsters, and in the last few years I've seen a lot of knives in this forum that probably were more from this program, and would not show up in catalogs.
Additionally, a program like this would have lended itself to many unfinished or incomplete knives that came out of projects like this that had some work done and ended up being released during the end of days or otherwise.
I have several knives I will contribute tomorrow, with jimping, filework, and a couple of Muskrat Man customizations.
