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  1. 08-15-2008, 02:06 AM #1
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    Default Unusual covered tang

    This Rodgers & Sons wedge came today. The seller claims the scales and tang are genuine ivory...they look legit to me, but I haven't tried the hot pin test yet. I've never seen a tang like this before though...as you can see in the second pic below, the metal tang doesn't extend all the way through the tail, it ends just before the pivot pin.

    Has anyone seen one of these before? Any info is appreciated


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  2. 08-15-2008, 02:23 AM #2
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    Like this? Tang is ivory. The end isn't solid ivory though, that's nice!
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    It seems quite strange that the pivot isn't in metal; that just seems like a bad idea to me. Are you sure it's not just that the ivory completely covers the metal at the tail?
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    Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
    It seems quite strange that the pivot isn't in metal; that just seems like a bad idea to me. Are you sure it's not just that the ivory completely covers the metal at the tail?
    I was thinking the same thing. That the ivory (if it's ivory) is a sleeve around the metal tang. I wonder what the underside of the tang looks like.

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  5. 08-15-2008, 03:50 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
    It seems quite strange that the pivot isn't in metal; that just seems like a bad idea to me. Are you sure it's not just that the ivory completely covers the metal at the tail?
    Thats entirely possible, but as far as I can tell impossible to discern without popping the pins.

    ChrisL, heres the underside of the tang

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  6. 08-15-2008, 07:08 AM #6
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    God I love that Boker Alex!!!! sorry please continue!
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  7. 08-15-2008, 01:01 PM #7
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    I've seen some antique bokers like that, and I have an old American Perfect Wizard with a tang like that, although mine is bakelite or something, and partially broken off
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