Name10 different ways you attach a bolster !!!!

Darrel Ralph

Darrel Ralph

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Name one or all ten...
My fav is screws
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My favorite is pins, with tapered holes!

Alan


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Darrel: Is this for a million $$$?
Here goes:
1) Silver soldered
2) Pinned (straight or tapered pins, peened)
3) Screwed
4) Soldered and pinned
5) Soldered and screwed
6) Pinned and bonded
7) Screwed and bonded
8) Pinned with frozen pins dropped into the heated tang/bolster and allowed to warm up-sorry, it's late-forget the name of this!
9) Just plain Bonded
10) Integral Bolsters...

OK, the last one was cheating, but, it was either that or "boogers" hahahahaha....

RJ Martin

BTW, if it don't have pins or screws, AND Solder, it ain't "ON"

 
You can blind pin them. If you want to get really tricky you could dovetail bolsters on. I've never tried, but I've considered it. Anybody have a spare mill?....

Jake

[This message has been edited by Jake Evans (edited 02-08-2000).]
 
Hell RJ gets the im tired award for the day.. Good post !
Any new ideas...
I like the blind pins but they are a pain in the keeester..

The shrink fit rj talked about is a very new way in the knife making world to put bolsters on sounds fun..

We used to put replacement monel rings on steam pumps this way . I never though of putting bolsters on this way..


ANY OTHER IDEAS!!

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RJ,

What do you mean by bonded? Epoxy?

Thanks,

Ryan

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Haaaaaaaa, not one of you mentioned brazing them on!!!!

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
I think it was frank centofante that used a spot weler in a book I read. He put in spot welds all the way around the edge so that there was no seam.
If you have the equipment, you can start out with thicker liners and Mill them so the boltser and liner are all one peice too.
I think I've heard a few people say they use JB weld.
I like the tapered holes and pins.

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My top choice is Peanut Butter...

And if any of you have ever tried to get peanut butter out of your wife's sofa, you know how permanent it is...

My second choice is bailing wire, then bubble gum, a "C" clamp, construction cement (Liquid Nails), super glue, 16d finishing nailS, magic mending tape, egg whites, and number 10, for all you Red Green fans, Duct Tape...

Obviously, you know, I do not take my knives out of their sheaths often for fear of loosing their guards and handles...

Enjoy...

Bruce
 
Hi I'm just finishing my first knife. it's got a D2 blade with a stainless steel gaurd. For the 2 gaurd pins I used 1/4 copper tubing with brazing rod in the center of the tubing. I really peened the day lights out of the pins then flushed them off. it looks pretty cool. It probably would'nt last 20 years as a throwing knife but should be plenty strong enough for normal use. (I hope!)

Chris

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[This message has been edited by cdark (edited 02-09-2000).]
 
i think jess horn used to spot weld his on. dont know what he does now.

someone mentioned to me that alot of guys now are using adhesives? is this true?

mine are all integral.

tim
 
I prefer the pinned method.

Mike "Whiskers" Allen spot welds some of his bolsters and then pins them.

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Barry
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