Mosaic pins - why?

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j22knife

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Sorry if this is the wrong place for this post ....

I don't get mosaic pins. To me a knife is beautiful because the blade is well shaped, ground and sharpened. And the handle is well made from an interesting material.

The pins are there to hold everything together. Nice solid pins do the job just fine.

Just my opinion ....
 
I quite like mosiac pins. I think its probably a matter of personal taste. As you like a handle made from an interesting material some would like the pins to be interesting too.

The response you get from this post will be interesting, i know a lot of makers are using mosaic pins including myself.
 
I love using mosaic pins. I love using regular pins. Whichever pin style I think will be the most appealing on the knife is the one that I use. If the handle material is sooooo spectacular that I think any kind of pin would distract from the look, then I hide the pins.

Ickie
 
I like to think of it as an enhancement. Like jewlery on a woman.
 
scottickes said:
I love using mosaic pins. I love using regular pins. Whichever pin style I think will be the most appealing on the knife is the one that I use. If the handle material is sooooo spectacular that I think any kind of pin would distract from the look, then I hide the pins.

Ickie
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I totally agree. If the figure is smokin hot I might use one 1/8 pin (plain or mosaic) and let the lack of pins and wood figure dominate the handle theme. On the same token if you were to use three pins for example in let's say a scale of G10, those subtle embellishments in the pins would bring more "flavor"(?) to the handle theme and present the knife moreso as a finer piece instead of a user/beater/utility (although some folks argue there is no such thing as user knives and sweet knives, all of em need to get used).

But for the most part, I appreciate the lack of pins in a smokin piece of wood cause it does not clutter the theme.

I guess another comparison would be a super expensive double rifle. Some of em have smokin hot engraving and it looks like a million bucks (maybe for real!), but I have seen some doubles that have the most horrific engraving, I would not even want to touch em and the joke's on the owner.
 
I think handle material that is only "so so" needs all the help it can get but if the handle is spectacular I just put 1/16" pins in. I dont see mosaic pins as an addition to a high end collectable piece but on user knives they add some class.
 
TekSec said:
I like to think of it as an enhancement. Like jewlery on a woman.
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Agreed. Think of a girl with a rainbow top, flashy pants and shiny jewelry- doesn't work. If she was wearing tees n jeans with shiny jewelry, she'd be well-dressed.
 
When I use mosaic pins, I pay special attention to how the pattern is aligned from one mosaic to the next. I hate when I see a spectacular knife that has two mosaic pins in them and they are slightly off rotation of one another. It can be very distracting to the eye.

How many of you pay attention to the alignment of the pattern from one mosaic pin to the next, and how many of you don't pay attention?

Ickie
 
scottickes said:
How many of you pay attention to the alignment of the pattern from one mosaic pin to the next, and how many of you don't pay attention?

Ickie
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If I were to buy a knife with mosaic pins, the alignment would be important. As would any construction detail.

Though, less desirable would be a 3-pin knife - two regular pins and the middle mosaic. :confused:

Even worse - two pins, one regular and one mosaic.:eek:

Keep it simple. :)
 
j22knife said:
If I were to buy a knife with mosaic pins, the alignment would be important. As would any construction detail.

Though, less desirable would be a 3-pin knife - two regular pins and the middle mosaic. :confused:

Even worse - two pins, one regular and one mosaic.:eek:

Keep it simple. :)
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word......
 
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