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Post by Dapper Blades on Oct 17, 2014 14:08:43 GMT
Here's my collection. Much of it is made or heavily modified by myself. Enjoy.   |
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Post by Madmartigen on Oct 17, 2014 19:14:22 GMT
Interesting blades.
Are the ones with wooden scales along the blades (4 bottom in the last pic) having also a tang along the handle, or does the steel end where handle starts and they are held together by the pins in the spine? Kinda hard to see in the pic.
It's obvious the last bottom one does have the tang in the handle as there are the pins, I am asking more about the reddish ones.
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Post by Dapper Blades on Oct 17, 2014 19:57:58 GMT
They are pinned, yes, and the tang does not extend into the handle. You are also correct about the bottom one being built a little more traditionally.
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Post by Madmartigen on Oct 18, 2014 6:37:28 GMT
I see, thanks for the reply.
Aren't you afraid of the handle breaking when not having a tang support? I am not saying it's gonna happen, just curious.
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Post by Dapper Blades on Oct 18, 2014 7:18:59 GMT
Not particularly. The only failure that I could really see happening is the wood splitting vertically along where the rivets are, but with the weight of the blades (wood included, the largest one of those only weighs a pound and a half) with the solid wood will not cause a failure in dry handling. Also not really worried when cutting water bottles and other light targets. I don't know if I would try to take down a tree with one (though I have hit my wood stand a few times) but I think that the design is reasonably solid for what I use them/recommend using them for.
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Post by Madmartigen on Oct 18, 2014 9:36:37 GMT
I see, thanks for the reply.
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