Some Frame Handle Fun

AkWildman

AkWildman

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Nice little frame handle Bowie coming together, this one has all nickle silver furniture and will have s grade ivory replacement scales that will have a clam shell motif carved in the end,this paticular one is highly influenced by the 1830s knives by Alfred Hunter.FB_IMG_1588801714420.jpg
 
Bruce McLeish said:
Okay....dumbo question alert.
Please explain the construction and purpose of a frame handle knife.
Thanks
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Bruce a frame handle is a very old technique were you basically turn a hidden tang knife into what at first glance appears to be a full tang knife with scales rather than a full block of material. If you look at some of the old historic knives and see what looks like a full tang knife but has a guard and spacer with the recoso narrower that the width of the handle and wonder how did they do that it's most likely a frame handle.If you search my Doc Holliday wip you can see how each step is done. It's time consuming and each part has to have a perfect fit to pull it off correctly.
 
AkWildman said:
Bruce a frame handle is a very old technique were you basically turn a hidden tang knife into what at first glance appears to be a full tang knife with scales rather than a full block of material. If you look at some of the old historic knives and see what looks like a full tang knife but has a guard and spacer with the recoso narrower that the width of the handle and wonder how did they do that it's most likely a frame handle.If you search my Doc Holliday wip you can see how each step is done. It's time consuming and each part has to have a perfect fit to pull it off correctly.
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Thanks for the response and explanation. I do appreciate it. I will, in fact, re visit your Holliday wip. Again, thanks.
 
Bruce, all my California knives have framed handles, if you can go to my content on here there are several pictures of the process, have been threw your area, used to haul logging and construction equipment all over northern California. Deane
 
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