Sunken Joints? Yay ar Nay?

[Tyson A Wright]

Prefer them where possible SAK manage it very nicely with their knives hence their pocket appeal....

One the many things about my Alox Solo that is so impressive to me is how it feels like the designers spent time thinking about how it works in the pocket, not just when cutting something. There's nothing sharp anywhere when it's closed.

CASE manage sunk or semi sunk joints very well on certain Stockman models, Penknives etc and this I like. Seems GEC may be lagging a bit here, they don't appear to have a sunk joint pattern yet? Could be I'm outdated on that. The Copperhead knife gives a shielded joint of course.

I often wonder about this with GEC - even on patterns traditionally designed around sunk joints (copperhead, canoe) they don't sink the joints. I just assume that Bill doesn't like fully sunk joints.

 

[waynorth]

Nice Pocket carry!! In the first pic you can see Semi-Sunk Joints!!!

 

[Tyson A Wright]

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Nice Pocket carry!! In the first pic you can see Semi-Sunk Joints!!!

Thanks for posting that, Charlie - that's another example where GEC almost sinks the joints, but not completely.

 

[Oldy]

I fidget with the exposed tang lol,so keep them coming.

 

[Will Power]

Well the GEC 38 Grinling ALMOST gets sunk Not so the proud 92 Eureka

 

[Will Power]

Good points waynorth and Tyson A Wright The 62 is semi but not sunk. The late c19th early c20th Wm Nowill Sheffield shows how it's done. Equal End 4 blades (2 broken off, Master sharpened down and nail file intact) all sunk and cut outs for nail nick access



Both of my John Llyod knives have a sunk joint but don't have too many pix of them shut. Wonder if this is an enthusiasm of his?

Thanks, Will