Question for the slipjoint makers regarding patterns

[Brian.Evans]

I've mulled this over in my mind for a while, just because I'm not sure if it's even proper to ask.

Do you guys share patterns between yourself, or if, say Ken Coats, has a pattern, someone else has to redraw the pattern if he wants to use it?

The reason I ask is because I feel like the Lanny's Clip is about the perfect pattern for EDC, but I can't get it drawn correctly, and I don't want to steal another's pattern. The same with getting my equal end and serpentine patterns to look right.

Hopefully this coherent, I'm at work and its been a heck of a day/night.

Also, I just found out Tony Bose's shop is only 2 hrs away from where I live! Think he'd let me come watch a master work? I figure I could learn more in a day watching him than a year or two on my own.

 

[fast14riot]

I'm by no means a slip joint maker, but I have made some (I think we both started at the same time). In talking with other slip joint makers I found that many don't even use a pattern! They are all done from scratch, each and every one. Personally the times I have tried starting from a traced pattern it has ended up different than the pattern anyways. I have not done a Lanny's Clip but have found that getting my patterns to look right (to me anyways) I always leave the ends square and then grind until it looks right. Maybe buy a beater or one with a destroyed blade or scale and tear it down to use as a pattern. Rough Riders are cheap and come in almost every possible pattern. That's how I did my first one.


-Xander

 

[Jason Fry]

I'm with Xander. I'm not an excellent slipjoint maker, but I have made 11 of them, all without a pattern. Todd Davison does his from scratch every time without a pattern. I did buy a beater or two and take them apart for ideas.

 

[kc custom]

I have absolutley no prob giving my patterns to anyone that asks. I have seen this often
by slipjoint makers. I can not think of anyone I would be afraid to ask for a pattern. The
crux is this,- If I've made or modded a pattern and it is well liked or a good seller most people
know where it came about. The flip side of that is T.B.'s Lanny's Clip. Junk boxes at knife
shows are your friend. So is graph paper and a pencil.
Ken.

 

[Calvin Robinson]

I'm with Xander. I'm not an excellent slipjoint maker, but I have made 11 of them, all without a pattern. Todd Davison does his from scratch every time without a pattern. I did buy a beater or two and take them apart for ideas.

If I was as good as Todd Davison I wouldn't need to use patterns either but I'm not. So I use patterns that I have drawn up myself,patterns borrowed with permission from other makers,patterns from knives that I have deconstructed and patterns from knives that I've held and studied and measured without taking apart. Tony Bose used to have patterns on his website that you could print,I don't know if he still does,but I don't remember the Laneys Clip being on there.

 

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I feel like the Lanny's Clip is about the perfect pattern for EDC, but I can't get it drawn correctly, and I don't want to steal another's pattern.

Tony Bose used to have patterns on his website that you could print,I don't know if he still does,but I don't remember the Laneys Clip being on there.

Page 3, #26 Lanny's clip
http://www.boseknives.com/boseknivespatterns.pdf

Thanks for mentioning it that's a nice little knife.
I don't follow slip-joints, so the pattern names go over my head..

 

[J. Oeser]

I have patterns from a few other makers. In fact, one of them is from Mr. Bose's shop second hand from another maker that scribed me a copy of Tony's. I would not hesitate to share mine with somebody else either. I do try to mention where I got the pattern or who's it was originally. But so far I only have a couple of patterns like that. Other than that I have made up a pattern using pictures or from looking at an old knife and modifying it to fit my style.

 

[Brian.Evans]

Sorry guys, I didn't mean to ask a question and run off. Life's been rough here.

Anyway, CraigB and I had been chatting over email about a pattern for a cattle knife he had done, and he saw this thread and hooked me up with sweet equal end cattle/jack, lanny's clip, and serpentine patterns. Thanks so much Craig!

Now I just have to get my sodbuster and swell end patterns transferred from paper to brass and I'm good to go.