Shadow patterns.

jackknife said:
Good looking knife Vince!:thumbup:

Are those micarta scales?
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Yes jackknife,black micarta.Not my knife though (I've been saying that A LOT lately :o ) But I saved the pics I had of it,never saw another like it
-Vince
 
VCM3 said:
Yes jackknife,black micarta.Not my knife though (I've been saying that A LOT lately :o ) But I saved the pics I had of it,never saw another like it
-Vince
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That sucks, I'd love to see more (possibly clearer) pics of that.
 
Kamagong and zerogee, thanks for the interesting links.
thawk, very nice scoutpattern and rare looks.

If a master like Tony deskribes the point where the bolster meats the sidematerial as the weakest point I belive him but I always considered the pivot pin to be the weak point BUT I must say it was people with less knowledge than what is awailible on this splendid forums that made me think so. Good to learn new things.
Man, sometimes I realy get in a good mood wisiting and reading here. Thank you everyone.

Bosse
 
Not all shadow patterns are equal as far as strength and durability. The old shadow knives that were made with only pivot pins thru bone, or similarly brittle material, would be the easiest to damage. A lot of the old knives with this type of construction have wobbly blades because the cutlers had to be more careful when they assembled them.

Tony tells me that he believes the shadow pattern is nearly indestructable when made with synthetic handle material(ie, micarta) and pivot pins thru thick washers on the outside. Of course, this spreads the pivot pressure accross a wider area and this, coupled with the strength of micarta, makes an extremely light and durable package.

Pivot bushings also help in strengthening the construction due to the fact that we can really put more side pressure on liners at the pivot point. The liners press against a bushing, not the tang.

Although they don't have a pivot bushing, the sodbuster is as sturdy as they come. I took one apart to pattern the infamous Khnutbuster and they don't come apart very easily. I just so happen to have finished a Khnutbuster today and I reeeeeally had to bang on the pivot pin to get the blade tight. I couldn't have done it without a pivot bushing and washers on the outside of the fragile Case Antique Bone. The washers I used were 3/16" aluminum-bronze bushings...it's not easy to see that in the image.

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S-K,

Your contributions here are quite outstanding. :thumbup: I really love them all. :)

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Here is a 3 1/2 inch closed stamped, HENRY SEARS & SON ..

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One thing I just remembered about the sodbusters that I have taken apart...the pivot is actually about a 3/16" thick, brass compression rivot. There is no way those things will fail.
 
Thank you very much Kerry for your posts.
Given those messurements and explinations I have an urge to switch my sturdy EKE 38 for the sodbuster in my carpentars trousers pocket to put it through some fases. I probably wont though as I want to ceep the sodbuster in deasant look for EDC and hunting/fishing/camping.

Bosse
 
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