Recommendation? Pins verse Corby Fasteners?

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Jay Griesser

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I make kitchen knifes and small folders. Are pins that are preened correctly just as good as Corby Fasteners?

What are your recommendations, please?

Jay
 
I can't speak for anyone else... But personally I feel better using corby fasteners and loveless fasteners. Gives me piece of mind. A caveat is I don't make kitchen knives or small folders like you mentioned.

Gough did some Corby testing here, and if I remember right he talked about peined pins somewhere in this video :

 
I would rather use Corbys because most kitchen knives are thin and flexible. you'll put pressure on a pin to not pull apart. Corbys stay where you put them and makes the handle solid.
 
I make chef knives and occasionally do western handles. I used to use pins, but then a customer dropped a knife and the handle scale came loose near the back of the handle....since then, I switched to Corby's, really just for peace of mind. I feel it is a better made product with the bolts.
 
Pins vs Corby bolts is a 22 caliber vs 45 caliber question. The Corby bolts are absolutely solid and can't come loose or allow the scales to lift off the pins. Even with peened pins, they can and do allow the handle to lift off the tang.

Most scales with pins are clamped on as the handle is assembled. This often squeezes out all the epoxy, making a weak and glue starved joint that often develops a gap between the scales and tang after a while. Corby bolts are screwed down to just snug ( never tighten them hard) and this allows the perfect amount of resin to remain between the scales and tang for a proper seal.

Finally, a Corby bolt is at least twice as strong as a pin. They come in many sizes and different metals ( aluminum to titanium).

For a fancy flair, put a mosaic pin in the middle between two Corby bolts.
 
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