Nice work. Do people who buy this style of design actually take them down? I have one (not from you) but I haven't ever tried to separate the pieces.
Rick
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Have you ever washed it? If so, you'd need to let it dry out, oil it up. If you've washed it and the pins rust, you could get a problem later you might not like.
I like them especially when using stag and any kind of exotic wood so I can back the assembly tension off when putting them away for any extended storage. This way, the handle material can move in any direction it wants without ever being under any stress.
For years, it seems, knife people have always been so concerned about cracks and splits in stag and ivory. Always wondering what to "protect" them with and what to soak them with so they don't crack! That's not the problem! They are natural materials that move with their environment. They can't move if they're all glued and pinned up.
With a take-dwon assemble, back the tensiion off and let them move!
The assembly itself is as strong as a knife can be. It's a full mechanical connection from blade to butt. The whole idea is to be able to see what's gonig on where you normally wouldn't be able to! If you clean/wash a forged carbon blade and there's the slightest "epoxy" (it's hard to say that word) crack where moisture can get in, it's impossible to protect the knife from the inevitable.
You have one that you can be responsible for.
If it was me, I'd take it apart and clean it up just like I do my guns!
Somebody went to a lot of work so you can participate in the long life of your knife.
