Nude Old Timers

My child filter won't let me see the picture! (Just kidding). It's actually a very "clean" picture!:D
 
So you want to see some nudes? :D

Here you go:

From left to right:
15OT
160OT
153UH
152OT
152DU
158OT

Here is the tang of the 15OT which has some interesting etchings on the tang.


I don't know how well the markings show up in the pic but as near as I can read them it says: KNOTCH/ SAMPLE and to the right: 1982/BD.
I have no idea what it means, maybe a sample for a SFO named Knotch?
Note the deep grooves on the thumb rest on the 15OT. Was that standard? It isn't on my newer one. Codger, someone........your input would be helpful, 'cause I don't know.

Thanks to LT for the naked Ladies, I have a few more that I will scan when I get a chance. I have to get caught up on some knives I am "dressing." :D
When I get caught up I can start getting these "ladies dressed."

Dale
 
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orvet,

I'd like to see some of the knives that you've "dressed" when you finish 'em.

Don't get me wrong. I like 'em naked as much as the next guy. Its just that you can get some strange looks taking them out in public undressed :p .
 
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LT, Wrap any of those fixed blade knives in green 550 para-cord and you could hang with the best of the mall ninjas.:D All you'd need is some trauma plates, a bullet proof brief case and some Royal Robin 5.11's :p
 
Thanks Codger,
Your best guesses are usually pretty good! :thumbup:
It makes sense to me.
Any idea who/what "Knotch" was?

Thanks again, for another solved mystery. :D
Dale
 
I believe it's a heat sink to keep the tip from overheating too fast when grinding it, thereby spoiling the temper. Final grind probably takes it off??
 
O.K. so back a step to heat treating, it prevents overheating and burning the tip, a sink but for a different reason?!
 
A few years ago Les de Asis was showing a friend of mine & myself around the Benchmade factory. We watched a laser cutter cut the blanks from a sheet of steel, (ATS-34 as I recall), and we asked what the "tear drop" was for. He said that it was to prevent burning the tip when sharpening, ie; a heat sink. Tumbling the blank was not a problem for them, as I think they used a Scotch Brite wheel on most of their knives at that time. It had not occurred to me that that might be a problem, but that makes sense.

I have noticed the "tear drop" on the larger fixed blades too. Did Schrade tumble those blanks also?

Thanks for sharing that info. :thumbup:
Dale
 
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