What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

BrotherJim said:
It's a thing with me for blades to be centered. Most Case knives I've purchased in the last several years have REQUIRED blade centering. I generally use a mallet ... with the blade of the knife opened to 90 degrees, or half-stop if it has one ... and ping the blade with the mallet with the knife laying flat on a table on its side, to encourage the blade to center when closed. It doesn't take much blade movement near the tang to make a "big" difference out at the tip.

Thing is though ... while my Sod Buster (full size) centering was WAY off and the blade almost into the liner ... I.could.not. get the thick blade to budge using the mallet method. So what I had to do was open the blade 90 degrees, secure the handle in a vice at the blade pivot pin and manually pull on the handle in the direction it needed to go. I soon got good results. Not centered perfectly, but close enough for "government work" and I could perfectly center it with time and effort. Far as I'm concerned, it's good to go LOL.

EDIT: DISCLAIMER ... mallet method is not for the faint of heart. I shattered a blade on a $100 knife this past summer in one mallet smack no harder than I usually smack. So try at own risk..

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Thanks! I will try this out. It really bothered me on the peanut so I sent it in for warranty work. They did a great job centering but 6 weeks seemed like an eternity so this is really helpful:thumbsup:
 
dave308ek said:
Thanks! I will try this out. It really bothered me on the peanut so I sent it in for warranty work. They did a great job centering but 6 weeks seemed like an eternity so this is really helpful:thumbsup:
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Initially I was sending back to Case too ... but usually there was some other problem as well. Case quality was down, there for a while. AND THAT is still the safest way to go, but I've gotten comfortable with centering Case blades. The blade I shattered this summer was on a French knife and the blade broke at a point where there was a deep blade stamp ... and Case doesn't have that weak point in their blades. Might still shatter one though. Hey, it could happen I guess.

EDIT: When using the mallet method, I use the minimum force necessary and start out with light TAP TAP TAP and proceed as required and "sneaking up on it" as necessary.
 
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315 said:
Carried the Victorinox yesterday and Schrade Walden today.

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Would love to find a good, clean original Soldier model Swiss Army Knife.
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Would love to find a good, clean original Soldier model Swiss Army Knife.

I might be able to put you in touch with someone who has an excellent 1982 if he hasn’t sold it yet UK.
I was considering it for myself but I already have quite a few.
BrotherJim said:
It's a thing with me for blades to be centered. Most Case knives I've purchased in the last several years have REQUIRED blade centering. I generally use a mallet ... with the blade of the knife opened to 90 degrees, or half-stop if it has one ... and ping the blade with the mallet with the knife laying flat on a table on its side, to encourage the blade to center when closed. It doesn't take much blade movement near the tang to make a "big" difference out at the tip.

Thing is though ... while my Sod Buster (full size) centering was WAY off and the blade almost into the liner ... I.could.not. get the thick blade to budge using the mallet method. So what I had to do was open the blade 90 degrees, secure the handle in a vice at the blade pivot pin and manually pull on the handle in the direction it needed to go. I soon got good results. Not centered perfectly, but close enough for "government work" and I could perfectly center it with time and effort. Far as I'm concerned, it's good to go LOL.

EDIT: DISCLAIMER ... mallet method is not for the faint of heart. I shattered a blade on a $100 knife this past summer in one mallet smack no harder than I usually smack. So try at own risk..
EDIT: DISCLAIMER #2 ... The vice method worked perfectly fine for the Sod Buster, but may not work for other knives. I guess one could tighten the vice so tightly the bolsters are pushed together so much it "locks" the blade down. D'OH !!! ... but again, no problem with the Sod Buster and I tightened it pretty good. Proceed at own risk.

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Mallet I use. Not sure exactly why but I always use the yellow end ...

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see episode 2 of the youtube GEC tour where he does it swiftly with great skill.

I am unclear if the rules allow us to show the video if you go to 11.30 in the video you will see a master craftsman at work.
 
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