New knife and questions

akadave2

akadave2

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Just picked this up. "Poor mans Case/Bose Coffin Jack". Winchester Black Box Coffin Jack. Really dark bone, nice bolster design. The blades are thick and beefy. Stout knife. Problem is, there is some of the famous Queen wobble on the main blade. Im wondering if I could have it tightened up without wrecking the look of the bolster?

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I had this exact knife with this exact problem. I did end up squeezing the knife in a vice and peening the pin down tighter. I sanded it with some wet dry and continued through the grits up to 2000 and followed by some green buffing compound. I was careful to keep clear of the knurled part of the bolster when doing the sanding, it wasn't really that hard since the non-knurled portion sits a little proud. I would say just be careful when peening the pin not to hit the knurled portion.
 
akadave2 said:
"Poor mans Case/Bose Coffin Jack".
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LOL. I have a poor man's Case/Bose Norfolk, also one of the BBWs. Confucius37's advice sounds good, especially since he's had experience with this same model of knife.

- Christian
 
confucius37 said:
I had this exact knife with this exact problem. I did end up squeezing the knife in a vice and peening the pin down tighter. I sanded it with some wet dry and continued through the grits up to 2000 and followed by some green buffing compound. I was careful to keep clear of the knurled part of the bolster when doing the sanding, it wasn't really that hard since the non-knurled portion sits a little proud. I would say just be careful when peening the pin not to hit the knurled portion.
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Did you use a brass punch or bradd hammer to peen?
 
Make sure you polish the hammer face before you peen it! It will simplify polishing up the bolster enormously!
 
The hammer should be very slightly convex - nearly flat. In fact, flat will work. Your anvil should be smooth/polished also. You don't want to transfer marks to the nickel. Check the blade after every two-three taps.
 
I actually use a ball peen hammer to peen pins, but it does require you to have some pretty good aim otherwise you risk putting a deep ding in your bolster...so I'd take Charlie's advice and try a flat or very slightly convex shaped hammer. I'd also recommend using a polished anvil and hammer as well...I learned this the hard way :(

If you want to do a little more reading, check out this thread, it has some more good insights into this sort of thing: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...C-73-and-blade-play-and-gaps-*Problem-solved*
 
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