A work in progress, The Old School Pioneer X "Compact". For this one, I used some old stag I had on hand and kept the keyring. I'm using a new process to join the bolsters to the frame so I'm carrying this one. Still have some finish work and polishing to do. The next one will be Ironwood, also I'm considering doing it with a Titanium frame and bolsters.Stay tuned & Happy Thanksgiving to all!
How do you join the bolsters to the frame? I've always assumed they were soldered on, but have no idea if that's true.
Quote from: gustophersmob on November 22, 2018, 02:19:12 PMHow do you join the bolsters to the frame? I've always assumed they were soldered on, but have no idea if that's true.I attended the first Americian Bladesmith Society School Folders Class 12 years ago. The Mastersmith (John Perry MS) teaching our class used a spot welding system to attach bolsters to his knives. Recently, I was lucky enough to be able to acquire one of those systems. It provides a lot of flexability in attaching bolsters to frames and seems to provide a strong bond to the materials. I welded the nickel silver frame and bolsters on this "Old School Compact" X. I intent to carry and use this knife to test the bonds and see how this works out. Also since it's been over 10 years since I built an Old School SAK, I wanted to make sure the knives will hold up.Thanks for asking!
Excellent work knifecoop
Oh wow both of those new mods look awesome Scott best of both world right there Glad to see you back and can't wait to see what all you come up with