parsha Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Hi Folks, I was looking at some of the knives made by the legendary Bob Loveless and came across a feature on one of his stiff horn pattern knife. Image copied from Knives Illustrated It is called a crossbar on the bolsters and I am wondering how this is constructed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I have not seen that before, interesting... possibly a staple? Done like a blind rivet, that could work. It does not look soldered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsha Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 Right Alan. I thought so also that this is definitely not soldered. So got my brain in a tizzy how this is done. I love the look of that crossbar . I am not sure the knife has a crossbar on the bottom part of the bolster also but that seems unlikely. I cannot find an image of the bottom of the bolster. Would a staple or blind rivet be strong enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Loveless always soldered and/or pinned his bolsters, at least as far as I know. This would be a decorative element, in which case blind riveting would be enough to hold the staple in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsha Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 Thank you for the clarity Alan . Adding this to my someday to-do list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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