The Sunday Picture Show (July 2nd, 2023)

bertl said:
Barrel nut 102 with leather spacers from about 1961-1962. Notice that there is an aluminum spacer next to the pommel.
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Bert, I'm betting that is NOT a barrel nut. Am I wrong? Can you actually see the round nut on the end of the pommel?
Prove me wrong. The extra washer against the pommel is typical of construction starting in the later 50's up until the earliest factory production.
The pommel itself is threaded and the extra washer is to prevent the pommel from twisting against and tearing the leather washer as it rotates. I could be wrong if you can actually see the barrel nut and the construction is hybrid. Either way, you have the EARLIEST phenolic handled variation so definitely not '62. You have a very rare and wonderful knife!!!

Mid 50's Pre-Factory 105 with Lignum Vitae handle.
Note the extra washer. The pommel itself is threaded (ie no separate 'barrel nut)
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Thank you Roger for the History lesson and for doing the Sunday picture show. And here I thought gun wielding nut jobs were a recent development. The BuckCote Program went belly up due to the difficulties associated with sharpening laminate single bevel blades. I hope to do a future “how to” on resharpening the IonFusion stuff. Here are 3 iterations of the Program: top knife is TiAlN (Charcoal), middle knife is ZrN (Champagne), and bottom knife is TiN (Gold). All 3 are chisel (single bevel) sharpened. I use the sides of the coated blades for finishing steels on lesser blades. These coatings are very hard and are used to coat tool bits.View attachment 2238697
 
bertl bertl It's a good picture, thank you. Again, you have a very special knife. It shows the assembly transition from threaded pommels to using a barrel nut.Yes, factory production also transitions from hand shaping the pommels from bar stock to cast pommels (with air inclusions:)) Thanks for sharing that knife.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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DeSotoSky said:
It shows the assembly transition from threaded pommels to using a barrel nut.
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Roger, here is an ebony 102 from about 1957-1960. It has the same aluminum spacer you mentioned that protects the leather spacer. I wonder if the spacer on my barrel nut is there because people had gotten used to using it before the barrel nut—old habits die hard?

Bert

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This is a odd one by Brian Yellowhorse from a couple of years ago . So far it's the only double tang stamp 112 that I have seen or know of. After talking to Joe Houser the only explanation seems to be that it was hand fed into the machine. I'm guessing the blade was dropped and because of the limited run and pad print on both sides of the blade it was manually fed and passed quality control because it was not obvious. 20220918_180948.jpg20220918_180857.jpg
 
bucksway said:
This is a odd one by Brian Yellowhorse from a couple of years ago . So far it's the only double tang stamp 112 that I have seen or know of. After talking to Joe Houser the only explanation seems to be that it was hand fed into the machine. I'm guessing the blade was dropped and because of the limited run and pad print on both sides of the blade it was manually fed and passed quality control because it was not obvious. View attachment 2238772View attachment 2238783
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Wow! That knife is beautiful. I love the grain/texture of the wood. Thanks for sharing.
 
Abe Stevens said:
These gold blade knives are sharpened on one side only.
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This isn't related to your knives, but it reminded me of something. If you have ever bought any Japanese cutlery not intended for the American market, the first thing you notice is that they have a chisel edge (sharpened on one side only) and it is always shaped for use by a right hander. Culturally, left-handedness is barely allowed in Japan. If you are a lefty like me, you notice that single bevel edge immediately.

Bert
 
Lots of great conversation and info this pre-Independence day SPS. Thank everyone for making this show what it is.

Here is a white melamine 105 that I was lucky to come across a few years ago.

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bertl said:
I'm a big fan of the 317, and I don't think of that as blasphemy at all. It looks like a great knife. I have a single blade 307 that I love.

Bert
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I have a 317 that looks new. It looked like it had been pocket carried based on bolster scratches. It went in for a spa and in now tucked away.
I bet the 307 as a single blade looks and handles great
 
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