Chutu - "
And if one is close enough to slice THOSE off, one is entirely too close." Those were some of my exact thoughts at the time ... if you add in a few "oh ####'s!"
I hope this is not boring anyone, but here is another comparisons ? pins in wood handled Randalls, a rare species. Inspired by Ron?s fine essay earlier in this line, I made this composite to look at pin sizes?. #1 on the left is the magic Randall, #5 far right is the handle of Gary Clinton?s 1-8. The knives in the middle, #2, 3, 4, are from Rock Whitaker?s collection posted earlier in this line.
It is difficult to accurately scale these knives, but I?ve tried to approximate by overlaying transparent pictures. I assumed the spacers of #1, #3, and #5, are approximately the same outside diameter next to the hilt, thus would appear the same width in 2-D. I also tried to double check by comparing size of Randall blade stamp of #1 and #3 and #5, and the thickness of the spacer stack
(note: #3 knife has an extra red spacer immediately next to the wood handle, 8 spacers total).
If these assumption are correct, then it appears the five pins fall roughly into two different sizes. #1, #3, and #5 seem about the same. Nos 2, and 4 seem smaller. What this means is unknown to me, just some more interesting data at this time.
(comparison description edited and changed after receiving high res pictures kindly sent by Mr. Clinton)
by the way, here are a couple of sites that discuss installing pins, wood handles, etc.
http://www.mammothblades.com/index.p...les-The-handle
https://clincoknives.com/Making_the_Handle.html