126 "ALCHEMY" by Jensen Knives
126: This particular material is Timascus (pattern-welded TITANIUM), which I had on hand already. It came precision milled from the supplier in an 1/8” thickness. However, as you can see in PHOTO 1, there are some rough tooling marks that I want to smooth out. This is important; the smoother the contact surfaces are to other contact surfaces, the tighter the fit. It is important and critical, to me anyway, that components be ‘airtight’, and that there are absolutely no visual gaps between materials. I think this is probably one of the single most important factors in a knife. You don’t want to hold the knife up to a light and see through the areas where one material meets the other. This can’t always be helped, especially in regards to natural handle materials, in particular Fossil Ivories or wood as they can tend to move, warp and shift on there own. However, with metal-to-metal contacts there really is no excuse not to have perfect fits. This photo shows the back (bottom) side of the front bolster.
126 "ALCHEMY" by Jensen Knives
126: This particular material is Timascus (pattern-welded TITANIUM), which I had on hand already. It came precision milled from the supplier in an 1/8” thickness. However, as you can see in PHOTO 1, there are some rough tooling marks that I want to smooth out. This is important; the smoother the contact surfaces are to other contact surfaces, the tighter the fit. It is important and critical, to me anyway, that components be ‘airtight’, and that there are absolutely no visual gaps between materials. I think this is probably one of the single most important factors in a knife. You don’t want to hold the knife up to a light and see through the areas where one material meets the other. This can’t always be helped, especially in regards to natural handle materials, in particular Fossil Ivories or wood as they can tend to move, warp and shift on there own. However, with metal-to-metal contacts there really is no excuse not to have perfect fits. This photo shows the back (bottom) side of the front bolster.