police construction...........

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recently got a police w/the stainless handles, and was wondering how this knife is put together? no obvious pins/etc. all real smooth, but HOW do they do it??

sifu
 
There are pins, they are just polished flush with the handles. Look closely: you'll see them. They just look like circular scratches on the handle or something. Very cool.
 
That goes to show just how GOOD Spyderco is with getting even the little details right! When you can't see the pins, even when you know where they are...Well, that's pretty hard to beat!.:).
 
Here ya go Ian.

This knife is about 7 or 8 years old...or something like that. You can see the pins in it as the handle is pretty scratched up which seems to make them more noticable. I have used this one fairly hard. It has been to spyderco once to have the blade play removed once after I used it for some pretty heavy prying. The knife is as solid as can be....one of my very favorites.

You cant really see how banged up the handle is....thank goodness for photo editing software :)

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Richard, tell us more about that neat sheath. How do you extract the knife? Multi-positional? Who made it? How much? Thanks.
 
it is a cool sheath, i might have to get one - these things are well put together though, you can BARELY see a pivot pin if ya have the right light, still looking for any other pins, a neat knife.....

a LOT heavier than the G10 version though, i wonder why the G10 didnt go over better?????

i also like the sabre grind vs the flat grind, for what ever thats worth.......


sifu
 
The sheath was designed by a friend of mine, and made as a favor to me. I requested a sheath that would be worn as a SOB (small of back). What he came up with is truely original, and quite functional. The sheath does not require a belt, it simply gos on the waist of my jeans. Its hard to describe, but its a simple working attachment that will hold the sheath in place and it absolutely will not come off or move out of place until you want it to...and then its very easy to remove. Wearing it SOB will be a bit uncomfortable while sitting in a car, but with its neat design it is just so simple to slide around the waist to my side, and then back again when I get out of the car....but again it will not move out of place on its own.

The real "cool factor" is in the draw. I have had this sheath for almost 2 years I think. It took about an hours worth of practice to make the draw correctly and reflexively. I have never handled a waved Emerson, but I would venture to say that I can draw this knife to a ready position as fast as most can do the wave. There are a couple of ways to draw this knife that just come natural with very little practice. Simply grasp the hole with thumb and forefinger. Drawing the knife with a slight sideways motion will keep the knife closed and naturally pivot the handle into your hand with your thumb already in place for opening. The second method is to draw with a slight upward motion. This will cause the blade to open most of the way as the knife is coming out of the sheath. A very slight 'flick' as you are bringing it around to your front will complete the opening. Either opening potsions the knife naturally into the proper grip....no drawing from a pocket and having to adjust even slightly.

The sheath just has to be seen in person to see the detail of the design, and real originallity of the design. I have yet to see anything comparable to it. The perfect balance of knife retention and sheath placement with complete ease of draw and sheath re-postioning when you want to is simply outstanding.
 
Hello Richard,

I really like the looks of that sheath:cool:, as I'm sure a lot of other BF members do, and wondered if your friend might be willing to work up some more of them in exchange for good 'ol U.S. currency.
I've found that, for me, the SS Police is a bit on the heavy side for pocket carry and that sheath looks to be the perfect solution.

I'd understand if he's not interested, but I'd hate myself if I didn't at least ask. Thanks in advance!

Best,
 
Here's a closeup pic thanks to the late James Mattis. If you look really closely you can see the pivot pin on the Police model.

<img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20000902000638/www.chaicutlery.com/spyderco/SpydercoStainlessWallpaper.jpg">
 
Wow these are great! Do all of those have pins in them? I can only make out the pin on the police and it took some looking!
 
Yes, all those stainless ones in James' scan will have pins. They are extremely difficult to see as those would have been new knives and Spyderco does a very very good job of finishing the hanldes which mostly hide the pins.

Here is another much closer shot of mine (just the handle). Mine is fairly old and scratched up. Over time that has made it to where most of the pins show up. The orange lines point to the visible pins...the green lines point to where pins are, but you really cant see them on mine.

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wow, now that i know where to look can BARELY see them too on mine....

this is my first metal handle spydie, and i'm impressed,

sifu
 
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