Hello everyone, I haven’t written here for a long time, there were a lot of different things to do. Now more or less freed. My friend and I started making slipjoints. He does the metal work, I do the drawings. Hopefully this will be implemented in a couple of weeks

We are very inspired by classic shapes, especially the knives of Tony Bose, Bill Ruple, Frank Centrofante, Jess Horn and of course the old Remingtons

I know there are a lot of classic folding knife collectors here. Here I do not have the opportunity to touch these knives in person, only photographs from the Internet and books. There is only the opportunity to look and touch ordinary knives and some old Solingen folders

I would like to ask for help, find out how the kick is made and the spring on them. I see that there are 3 most common spring shapes for slipjoints, I drew them here. It would be very interesting to know what form og the spring the masters adhere to. Also judging by the photographs of Tony Bose and Bill Ruple knives, it can be assumed that the kick is made as in the middle and lower figure with a dotted line, that is, it rests on on the flexible part of the spring, not on the flat area. My friend's concern is that it leaves a noticeable mark on the spring, like my Duok-Duok does. On the other hand, this arrangement provides stronger support for the blade and there is less chance that the blade will cut into the spring and become dull if you accidentally press on it inside the pocket with other things. I don't need exact dimensions, just the principle itself. I would really appreciate any thoughts

Chris Crawford has a list of Tutorials and one is the construction of a Bose Back Pocket Knife.
There might be some useful direction for your question there.
https://chriscrawfordknives.com/tutorials/3rd-party-tutorials/

Thank you very much
I looked carefully at his website, but did not find this section. Looks like I missed it. Now everything is clear, which means he makes such springs without an additional platform above the shank

Please post your progress with this venture.
I am interested in seeing what you create.

I'll definitely write. It's very nice that people are interested

Now it’s made of metal, next will be grinding

The process went slowly


https://youtu.be/uS1a4IZoDIo

And things went a little faster, I hope after a few adjustments everything will be ready

https://youtube.com/shorts/3S4JT_5no48?feature=share

Removed metal from bevels manually

The prototypes are ready
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cR-EDm-mdJQ

Looking good

Thank you, I'm trying to adjust the knife movement, what the old collectors call "walk and talk" in the bladeforum thread about classic knives. It would be interesting to know about the differences in the force required to open the knife from position 1 to position 2, from 2 to 3, and vice versa on the knives of the best masters, since I do not have the opportunity to buy them and try it with my own hands. And some of the greatest masters have already left us (Tony Bose, AG Russell)

We increased them, now they are bigger

Great work! I am impressed!!

DITTO!

Thanks your all for the kind words!
The work continues

https://youtu.be/VWOJFAWl8f0

What are you charging for these great looking knives?

Small ones 210, large ones 225, + shipping. Here the handle is titanium, the spring is 440B, the blade is Elmax and maybe M398 in next batch. With parcel delivery it is difficult to find a reliable fast route now. Now I'm trying to find a way to do this. In general, due to the difficulty of delivery, I have not bought Randall for myself in the last few years as well as custom folding knives, so that one could understand more precisely what the sensations and efforts of movement should be. I still want to catch the original R1123 20-30s

I would take 2 of each size. Please message me.

Pap

I want the small one..."with" the butt end shaped like the large one...
Picky, I know.
Capt. Chris
PS: What is the Rockwell?

Thank you all, I'm writing letters now

Rockwell 61-62, thermal cycling

The first batch had only 6 knives. Now we are preparing to make the 2nd batch. In order not to clutter the space, I put all the photos here
https://imgur.com/a/slipjpoint-first-batch-08-24-IzFOlm4

For now, the working titles are as on photo

Trapper please.

Yes, it's yours, thank you. I'll write a letter

Thank you.

Added a couple of photos of Lanny's clip and Skinner separately, because for some reason I can't edit the shared album

https://imgur.com/a/akxksTV

Instagram is finally working properly, if someone uses it

https://www.instagram.com/strokerknives/

For the sake of experiment, was made a small case from Italian leather