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I've read the other threads as to why the hole is on both sides of the handle, but why does it exist at all? I've seen many production and custom titanium framelocks without these holes. So, anyone got answers?
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pre-drill hole question
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I believe it is a tooling hole. Im guessing many slabs of Ti stacked on a rod of some sort while being milled out on a CNC machine, or equivalent. Im pretty sure its a tooling hole, but I could be mistaken on the exact process. Should have asked that when I was standing there staring through the window looking into the Shop, Last winter
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hmmm, seems valid.... been to the shop, i'm jealous!
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There is an extra hole on the Sebenza and Umfaan. What is it used for?
This is a tooling or locating hole and, in the finished knife, has no real function. The process goes something like this: we buy titanium in sheet form and cut it into rectangles approximately the size of the handle. We drill all the holes into this rectangle which is then placed onto a fixture, held secure by locating pins through these holes. The profile of the handle is then machined and the rectangle begins to look like the handle of a folding knife. It is at this stage that we select left or right-handed knives. We sometimes use the hole as part of the graphic on the decorated models and sometimes enlarge the hole and inlay a cabochon into it.
excerpt from http://www.chrisreeve.com/faq.html
There is an extra hole on the Sebenza and Umfaan. What is it used for?
This is a tooling or locating hole and, in the finished knife, has no real function. The process goes something like this: we buy titanium in sheet form and cut it into rectangles approximately the size of the handle. We drill all the holes into this rectangle which is then placed onto a fixture, held secure by locating pins through these holes. The profile of the handle is then machined and the rectangle begins to look like the handle of a folding knife. It is at this stage that we select left or right-handed knives. We sometimes use the hole as part of the graphic on the decorated models and sometimes enlarge the hole and inlay a cabochon into it.
excerpt from http://www.chrisreeve.com/faq.html
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ah, so to get rid of the holes they would have to change their process?