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Crack or scratch?

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My pics are not the greatest so I hope you folks can get a decent look at this.

I'm trying to determine if the line that runs from the front pin through the shield is a crack or just a scratch. If you look very closely at the first pic you can see that the crack or scratch appears to run over the top of the pin as well as the shield. That makes me think it's just a scratch.

Handle slabs are Delrin. What do you folks think, crack or scratch?
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Scratch. I've never seen a shield crack.
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Thanks Jerry!
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Scratch... ::nod::

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Scratch
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I agree scratch because of way the line continues across the shield.
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Definitely a scratch. I don't believe I have ever seen a Delrin handle with a crack.
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gsmith7158 wrote:Definitely a scratch. I don't believe I have ever seen a Delrin handle with a crack.
Greg,The Remington repros were bad to crack at the lanyard to the end.
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peanut740 wrote:
gsmith7158 wrote:Definitely a scratch. I don't believe I have ever seen a Delrin handle with a crack.
Greg,The Remington repros were bad to crack at the lanyard to the end.
Wow! Delrin is such a resilient and hardy material I would have never thought it would crack.
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Thanks for all the replies everybody. I'm convinced now that it's a scratch and when I get some time I'm going to see if I can polish it off of the shield or at least buff some of it down so it doesn't look so bad. That's the only part of the scratch that bothers me because it's the first thing I see when I look at the mark side of the knife.

If it was a crack I was considering having it modded into a single blade with some new handle slabs and a different shield. I adore the knife just the way it is so that won't be necessary.
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The word on the delrin Remington reproductions was, if it's not cracked, have you checked it lately :roll:

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olderdogs1 wrote:The word on the delrin Remington reproductions was, if it's not cracked, have you checked it lately :roll:

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That is truly a fact. Even the ten year anniversary knife cracked like crazy around the lanyard hole. The 1982 - 1985 Remington Repos were particularly bad too. Those were made by Camillus, I believe.
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The Camillus Scouts (1047's) with white Delrin handles were bad to crack at the shield. Delrin handled Camillus 72's in general were prone to cracking at the rocker pin.
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