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winchester with screw on handles?
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:01 pm
by rigwelder
ive had some old miller bros. with brass screws holding on the handles. i have found a cocoa bolo winchester jumbo jack with brass screws holding on the handles! did winchester ever use brass screws instead of rivits? its on ebay #140151990515
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:47 pm
by remington collector
I've also had a few Miller Bros that had screws in the handles. I've never saw a Winchester that had screws in the handles before, but the knife in question sure looks good. I've zoomed the pictures of the wood where it meets the bolsters and all looks good. A quick peek down inside the liners would probably give a good idea of whether it came from the factory like that.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:02 pm
by El Lobo
I'm going to just add here, that I'm uncomfortable that the knife doesn't have a pin at the backspring. Haven't seen any full-sized Jacks like that. I'm wondering about a rehandle.
JMO.
Bill
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:24 pm
by jonet143
jmo. bill, i agree... rehandled.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:26 am
by Hukk
El Lobo wrote:I'm going to just add here, that I'm uncomfortable that the knife doesn't have a pin at the backspring. Haven't seen any full-sized Jacks like that. I'm wondering about a rehandle.
JMO.
Bill
If the blades lock tight and don't wobble, the rehandler may have cut and peened the rocker pin to the liners, seen that a few times and it's done fairly common for a pinless look.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:07 pm
by rigwelder
yeah, i was thinking it was rehandled. simply because there isnt enough pins and that i have never seen a winchester with screw on handles! but sometimes its better to see what other people think too! thats why this is such a good knife form!
