Is It A pin Crack?

[Quick Steel]

You will notice several straight darker lines appearing throughout the handle and running horizontally. I am hoping the line running off the center pin is a natural part of the wood's texture. I would value any assessments.

[philco]

Garry I'd say it's a natural marking not a pin crack. Of course it would be a much easier call with knife in hand. The horizontal line that is adjacent to the pin (and sorta looks like a crack) is segmented to the right of the pin . A crack would, I think, be an unbroken line.

[Quick Steel]

Roger that Phil. I bought it new years ago [Camillus/Jim Fisk Bowie] and I didn't doubt it was just natural, not a de3fect. But now, with too much time on my hands I began to question it. I do believe you are right. Thanks.

[XX Case XX]

I don't think it's a crack either.

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MIke

[terryl308]

I too doubt that it is a pin crack, when I put pins in a handle , I always drill the hole a few thousands oversize and use epoxy to fill in any voids, which are very little. I included a photo of one I'm just finishing up, the pin holes were drilled in burl wood and didn't split. It could be a sanding mark that didn't get sanded out? Terry

[Quick Steel]

That is a beautiful piece of wood you are working on Terry.

[americanedgetech]

Mechanically, I do not belove it is a "crack".
There are grain lines that prove the material has a natural flow.

Forget the fact that anyone wants to believe.whatever their buyer point of view is.
I have several knives that were passed up on because of what the image(s) portrayed as flaws. Once I had them in hand...

You have the knife in hand so you know...

[terryl308]

Thanks QS, BTW what kind of wood is that? dyed curly maple? It sure has some nice looking fiddle back. I'm not sure what kind of wood that burl is, I got it in a giant box of odds and ends from a bowl turner friend in Co. It did have some maple burl in the box so maybe that's what it is. If you run a finger nail across the mark/crack , can you feel anything? Still don't think it is a crack. Nice knife! Terry

[Quick Steel]

The wood is maple. There is no "feel" to the line under discussion; in other words a finger nail does not detect it.