Automatic

[striper28]

Chris,
Moving the sear closer to the pivot is more for asthetics. Traditionally you only see the exposed blade hole in Itallian autos. This allows them to keep the button in the center of the handle.

I have not had any problems making the knife more difficult to fire by moving the sear closer to the pivot. It is harder to get everything lined up because you can't see the hole in the blade so you end up assembling, disassembling, filing the blade hole and re-assembling over and over again.

The bolsters are all held on with screws and blind holes. It gives the knife a classy look.

[Chris_Crawford]

Thanks again for the good advice, Chuck. I finally got the knife finished yesterday. This project was a lot more work than I had expected, but that was partially because I had to make several of the parts several times. The knife came out smoother and nicer than I had anticipated, so I'm very pleased with it. I wish I had a little better luck etching my mark this time, but I can live with that. Here it is:

[Dwane Oliver]

WOW , that is a purdy son of a gun , I really like the bone handle , that looks really good.

I want one , guess I better get to studying this post and try my hand at it , ,,, wheww no time though , at least till after christmas.

Great job.

Dwane

[Don Robinson]

That's a beauty, Chris. Sweet!

I've run out of honey colored bone. Can't find any. Do you have a source for it?

[Messinger]

Chris, that turned out REAL nice.

-Ben

[Chris_Crawford]

Thanks. Don, I got the bone from the Mother of Pearl Company. I believe it was listed as amber. -chris

[Don Robinson]

I'll try them. Guess I should have looked for "amber" color.

That's my very favorite over anything else for pocket knife scales.

Thanks, Chris.

By the way, I just received a spot welder I ordered for attaching bolsters to slipjoint liners.

No more soldering mess for this old man.

And I'll bet I find other uses for it as well.

[Frank Niro]

Sure is great, Chris! Frank