Mosaic Pins

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I have a question for any knife makers that use mosaic pins on their knives.

I am not a knife maker but am an anal consumer that gets hung up on mosaic pins that are not clocked on the knife handle. Is clocking the pins a difficult and sometimes impossible task?

Thanks for any answers.
 
by "clocked" do you mean oriented in a certain manor (clockwise/counterclockwise) if so, then no... it's just a matter of setting it before the epoxy dries.

-Mark
 
What Mark said. Most knives that you've seen with mosaic pins that were mis-aligned/rotated were probably done that way because of cerbral flatulence and often by newer makers, though more experienced makers have indeed gone "DOPE!!" after the epoxy dries.

My pins fit fairly snug in the handle scales (not press fit, but just snug), so after I get the handle fully assembled, I use a pair of needlenose to gently rotate to where I want the pin clocked.

--nathan
 
It's just one of those little detail things that some makers just don't think to pay attention to. They either don't think it's important, or just forgot on that particular knife. I've forgotten and at one time wouldn't do anything about it when they were not clocked correctly. I now drill them out and put new ones in that are clocked correctly, when I've forgotten to do it correctly the first time!
 
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It depends on the knife. Some knives need the pins to be aligned some don't.

Long knives, that are built with a long flowing radius, need a different treatment than something that is built along a straight center line.

Building knives is about symmetry. No single piece of a knife is more important than another. Its the relationship between the pieces, that is relevant.

I have seen knives with beautifully aligned pins, that were not beautiful.:(

Fred
 
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