Thread: Rattler - Faux Frameback Question

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Here's an old Joseph Rodgers Dutch Rattler that came in for honing sometime ago.

Yeah, as a marketing slogan, it's messy. That's not a rattler grind. Probably a much older usage of the term. As fare as I know it's only the ones sold as 'Dutch Rattlers' that don't have a rattler grind. This is the canonical rattler grind.

Originally Posted by DZEC

I stand corrected.

Is there no distinction between framebacks with removable blades and those with permanent blades? Seems that could lead to confusion when talking about them without pictures.

Nope.

In fact I have a LeCoultre with a fixed blade that is otherwise identical.

It's also worth noting there are a lot of different designs of framebacks. Some have a blade inserted into a handle made of a different metal, others are just ground very thin with a brass or German silver frame to adjust honing angle. There are even some oddballs with plated tangs (the Dittmar brothers from Heilbronn), but they're all called framebacks.