New "Take-down" assembly

[Karl B. Andersen]

I thought I might toss this up for you guys to see. I up-graded one of my Take-down assembly screws from the simple slotted type to a pinned type. This eliminates the chance of the hollow ground screw driver I always made for each knife of slipping and possibly damaging the handle material.
The Screw and tool are 416 stainless and the pins are hardened tool steel.
It also allows the screw to go flush ar even recessed.
Just somethin' else to look at!

 

[Russ Andrews]

Terrific idea...

 

[RogerP]

That is too cool.

Roger

 

[ckerwin]

Dang Karl, you go boy!:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[John Frankl]

Very cool.

John

 

[Mokelock]

very cool... great minds think alike...

Mokelock

 

[Doug C]

Mad Skillz.

Doug

 

[T.K.C.]

That is simply brilliant!!

 

[MVF]

Very nice- looks better AND works better- what more could you ask for!

 

[Kevin Jones]

Clean, Clean, Clean :thumbup:

 

[nikoknife48]

Innovative idea Karl !

 

[jdm61]

Cool!!!! So how do you get the pin spacing right?

 

[Lorien]

That's a great refinement.
Very clean, very 'pro'.:thumbup:

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That type of construction will make for a much cleaner look. Good thinking.

 

[Jose Reyes]

Looks great, Karl... :thumbup:

 

[Patapsco Mike]

If you fitted it, then ground it flush against a background with similar color, you could make it nearly disappear (except for the two small holes). Invisible takedown? That would be cool.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Cool!!!! So how do you get the pin spacing right?

With a calculator.
Actually, I'm changing it to four pins.

 

[DavidZ]

Karl -
That is an awesome idea. Can you patent it?? You should
Dave.

 

[Ken Williams]

I'm always struck when clean and simple bely function. Serendipity or cleverness, usually the latter, is the inventor.

Your takedown feature is one of the most compelling reasons to own an Andersen knife.

ken

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I'm always struck when clean and simple bely function. Serendipity or cleverness, usually the latter, is the inventor.

Your takedown feature is one of the most compelling reasons to own an Andersen knife.

ken

I truly need to give credit where it belongs:
I was taught the take-down procedure by Jerry Rados who shares this method with Jim Siska. As well, A Master Smith who does quite a bit of it is Bailey Bradshaw. I admire the heck out of all of these guys.
This pinning procedure is also used by Jerry on his screws for his autos, but on a MUCH finer detail!!
Look at the screw head here on this Rados Damascus auto, and consider that there are SIX pins on this little screw!
If it wasn't for Jerry, I wouldn't know which end of the knife to sharpen.