Half stops?

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billym

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Why do some slipjoints have half stops and other don't?
The two Case peanuts I just aquired have half stops on both blades.
I kind of like the idea of half stops on all my traditional folders. Why do some have half stops and others do not?
What is the story here?
Bill
 
as far as i can tell, its just a nice little touch to show that the craftsman putting it together is capable of doing a nice job of joints.

i think of them a little bit like fluted bolsters or filework on the back of a blade. a nice touch, but not really functional.

perhaps someone else can shed some light thoughas to the origin/intended purpose.
 
I think some will say that the actual half way stop point,can be considered a safety feature,if the knife were to close suddenly or unexpectedly,weather being misused or whatever.
On a slippy without it,once it gets closing,she can just close up on you,as opposed to that solid half stop position has a chance to stop it from closing up

Now I have seen half stops with rounded corner tangs , so I can't say what the idea is for that.Possibly for smooth opening & closing,not to be a nail buster
-Vince
 
Another function of the half-stop is that it sort of self cleans debris from the joint.
 
I asked this question a while back. I have several knives with half-stops, and the only knife I could a use for a half-stop on was my old TL-29, on the screwdriver blade. That way, with the screwdriver blade at 90 deg., you have a lot of leverage for turning screws.

For regular blades, the safety thing makes sense to me.

thx - cpr
 
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