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Post by paranger on Apr 11, 2021 14:15:42 GMT -7
Pararanger, Are you going to fill the voids with cutler's resin? Also, I don't have the documentary technical information, but I wonder if they inletted the tang into the scales originally? Gus Unlike early English trade knives, there is thus far no evidence of French cutlers filling with resin. They typically (as Wick points out above) kept handle width pretty close to tang width, leaving little gap. As to the one above, what you are seeing is probably at least partly the result of my not thinning the tang quite enough. They were tapered as they went aft. As I mentioned to Ken, with the 3 pin configuration, this thinned tang makes even more practical sense, as it reduces the gap to be bridged by the aft most 3rd) pin.
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Post by paranger on Apr 11, 2021 14:54:05 GMT -7
I will say, also, that one of my take-aways from the aforementioned exchange is that I have been striving for an excessive level of fit and finish. I beat myself up over rasp marks and jagged cuts, but the originals were replete with rasp marks, uneven pinning, etc.
All of which makes sense in the context of low cost, mass produced workman's tools. As our perfectionism creeps in, it may actually work at cross purposes to our desire for historical accuracy.
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Post by paranger on Apr 11, 2021 16:42:06 GMT -7
Reworked the large type c boucheron that was the original subject of this thread into a 3 pin configuration and added a "tail" on the end of the handle as found in some originals. v math symbol
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