Where to buy 0.93" Nickel Silver for bolsters

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Brian.Evans

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I have found .125" at Jantz, but I'd like to find slightly thinner for slipjoint bolsters. Any ideas?

Is .125" too thick for slipjoints? Am I worrying about nothing?

It just seems for smaller pocket knives, by the time I get 3/32" of blade + .64" of liner + .25" of scales, it ends up being fairly thick.
 
First, 0.93" is almost eight times as thick as .125"...I'm guessing you mean .093".
I'm with Bill. The diffence is .032" - about two seconds on the grinder, or five strokes of a file.
 
Yeah.....I not so good at da mathamaterics.

Anyway, should I order 3/32" scale material and grind the bolster to match, or 1/8" scale material and grind all of it thinner?
 
Order 1/8" of both and grind to shape.On some of my slip joints I even use 3/16" bolster stock for a more rounded profile.
Stan
 
Thanks Stan. Eventually I'd like to get a mill and do integrals, until then, I'll make good use of your soldering tutorial. :)
 
Well if you order 3/32 stock you will get .09375 thick material. Pretty close to your .093 you were looking for.
 
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