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davek14

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What knife would be closest to a traditional, yet be put together with screws instead of pins?
 
I dunno. Maybe a friction folder?
 
Some makers make traditional looking slipjoints but with screws. Check out some of Chuck Gedraitis Knives's knives.
 
Hi,

I have a couple of Rough Rider small lockbacks, RR1021, that have screw construction. I will have to say that as much as I like the knife, the screw heads are a bit different to see in the jigged bone and on the long bolster. But that's as close as I've seen on traditional slip-joints myself.

dalee
 
Here are few I made earlier

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All screw take down construction.
 
There are a few, two off the top my my head, one ya have to find on the secondary market, Brown & Pharr Groundhog,

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IIRC BullDog did a rerelease of this pattern, (as I get older, I realize all the knives I want, are all the ones I don't have)

And the Swedish EKA folder, this pattern's been around a long time too.

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1 last entrant, although it's been around since the 80s, the patterns been around a while longer, there's the Buck Model 186 Titanium Lockback, patterned after a classic Buck folder, also available only on the secondary market.

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I'm sure there are more I just can't think of any right now.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
There are a few, two off the top my my head, one ya have to find on the secondary market, Brown & Pharr Groundhog,

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IIRC BullDog did a rerelease of this pattern, (as I get older, I realize all the knives I want, are all the ones I don't have)

And the Swedish EKA folder, this pattern's been around a long time too.

717704_folded_side_web.jpg


1 last entrant, although it's been around since the 80s, the patterns been around a while longer, there's the Buck Model 186 Titanium Lockback, patterned after a classic Buck folder, also available only on the secondary market.

004-11.jpg


I'm sure there are more I just can't think of any right now.
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And I've got the Normark, go figure.

I guess what I am looking for is a nice sheeple friendly knife with the toughness of screw construction, not to mention the ability to adjust the pivot. Wouldn't even have to look exactly traditional, although traditionals have a harmless gestalt.

Thanks for the answers.
 
Fallkniven U1 is a screwed together slipjoint. Has SGPS powder steel in the blade also and bone or wood sides on a stainless frame. Not sheap though, I bought mine at 70% discount and it still kosted me 600 skr about 85$. All and all one of my nicest knifes.

Bosse
 
This PJ Tomes muskrat is held together with screws. Not sure if they are Loctite'd in or if they can be removed.
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davek14 said:
And I've got the Normark, go figure.

I guess what I am looking for is a nice sheeple friendly knife with the toughness of screw construction, not to mention the ability to adjust the pivot. Wouldn't even have to look exactly traditional, although traditionals have a harmless gestalt.

Thanks for the answers.
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Latest sheep person story.

I was kinda late getting in to the dentist's waiting room, rushed there from work. Come bustling in in my dirty work clothes and this nice lady begins chatting about how she had been there 4 hours waiting on her hubby. She was just a nice sort, bored, not bad looking. Hmm, not bad company to pass the time.

Had noticed a broken nail on the drive there and not wanting to snag it on anything and hurt my widdle self I figure I should trim off the break. The only knife I had on me was a Mercator which has a fair size blade.
I pulled it out while saying "Sorry for the big knife, it's my work knife and I just came from work." trimmed my nail and put it away.

You could just see her close in on herself, didn't have much of a conversation after that.

Now maybe it was partially my fault for saying anything at all. Surely it was partially her fault for being a "sheep". Still, other than being a sheep, she seemed to be nice folks. The sheep dysfunction was not who she was.

I know I could have whipped out a pretty little slipjoint without a word and probably not gotten a reaction.

I know I used to lean toward gun control before I knew many people that shot. I didn't much care one way or the other and so gravitated toward control. I had to be "educated" by seeing it was an important issue for many folks and that they had rights.

No moral, no conclusions, just thoughts.
 
Since this wasn't defined to just folders, I would like to remind everyone that traditional fixed blades have been using screw-in butt pommels, nuts and caps to secure the blade tang to the knife for hundreds of years.
 
I have the Browne and Pharr, and was amazed when I noticed a little side to side play in the open blades. Just tigtening the screws a little took out all the play, and you can set the blade tension however you want it. I wish all my wobbly knives had screws!
 
Kbrasmodeler said:
If you're concerned about toughness, check this test out: http://www.knives.mutantdiscovery.com/destruction.html
As far as adjusting for play, that can also be done on a pinned pivot, with a mallet and some rubber or leather. Just FYI, so as not to limit yourself if it isn't necessary.
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Neat test, surprising. I've had a few smaller slipjoints spread at the pivot pin, usually when using the screwdriver but also when prying. I've come to think that the screwdriver/bottle opener on some knives is useless for all but light work. A screw to adjust the pivot would just be nice.

I love slipjoints now though, they are the best. I've peened a few pins.

I'm scared to really take one apart and REALLY tinker. I'd prolly do it to a screwed together one, I have with liner locks.
 
2Dead,
Thanks for the mention.

I make my slip-joints with screw together construction for a few reasons.
One is it makes them easier to build, I can take the knife apart as many times as I want.

Two is that the knife can be taken apart for cleaning.

Three is that is the spring is too strong for the customer I can always lighten it up in under 5 min. A pin together knife would require a lot of refinishing.
Here are a few that I have made. I try to keep the screws small, proportionate to the size of the knife and use the least amount as possible.
 
Then there are those that use screws and a bunch of pins. :D

Bailey pinned the springs under the handles on this one and used screws to put the piqued handles on the frame.

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