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Nakano 2

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What is the low down on the Police Utility scales?

*What exactly is it made of?
*Does it possess insulating properties from current?
*How resistant is it to chemicals?
*Is it injected molded directly to the blade tang? Or injection molded and then attached afterwards? The visible seams or mold lines seem to indicate the latter. So too does the gaps in the front and pommel where it meets the metal. Additionaly, the holes of the scales and the tang do not quite line up.

I' m curious to know if there is the possibility of the scales seperating from the blade tang and if corrosion can set in from the aforementioned gaps.

Any info/ experience is appreciated. Thanks.

L8r,
Nakano

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Nakano,

I can't say "exactly" what it is made of however I can say that it is a proprietary compound developed by our operations manager Shaun Cavanaugh. It does contain a 20% kevlar load.

Don't know about it's insulating properties but it is almost impervious to everything else. The handle is injection molded right to the tang which has a series of holes milled into it.

I would NEVER worry about a handle coming off. Every so often, a handle is zorched and needs to be redone (this is one of the reasons the PUK has experienced delays, each handle is molded by hand, one at a time). The partial handles have to be milled off to remove them. There is no way it could slip off.

Hope this helps you,
Derek

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Thanks for helping out Derek. But don' t give up on researching whether or not if the handles are insulated from current. I' m sure the folks at Emerson must know as it is quite reasonable to believe that a police marketed blade would encounter such use.

Please clarify what "the partial handles have to be milled off to remove them" means.

L8r,
Nakano

 
Nakano,

In hindsight, I ca nsee where that statement could be confusing.

Sometims in molding a handle, a problem is detected. This could be an air bubble in the mixture, the material reservoir is running out, etc. This can lead to what I referred to as a "partial handle". Basically, you have a knife with possibly the first third of the tang cast in the material with the remaining tang exposed. Unsat. at this point the "partial handle" wil ned to be milled of and the handle recast.

I wil keep looking into the insulation factor of the handle.

I hope this clarifies thins some.

Take care,
Derek

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