Thread: spacers

'preciate ya Walt!

The Jo. Rodgers is one of the lead ones?

It makes me wonder what kind of tinkerer did that. Was it simply a material he was familiar with used out of convenience(easily shaped) or was he really trying to effect the balance and weighting. How' good did he do?

Forgive me if there are clues that all these are original, but for your consideration: could these be rescaled- incorporating the originals as free material? already shaped and drilled would come in handy for a guy trying to make ends meet i think.

I know I'll look more closely in the future. So many I have found were in such terrible shape I didnt look close at all details, but all i have ever noticed are wedge spacers on assumed to be original scales

Anyway I think the JR&S is rather nifty and unless the photo fools me] not exactly parallel sided

I had heard that wedge was necessary, but I think not, I think it depends on the blade and scale material. sometimes a blade has a very large tang, and needs more space between the scales to close and open properly. a 3rd pin or a tapered spacer can help with this. this is my understanding. I have not done one yet but am gonig to try parallel first.

Red

Originally Posted by kevint

'preciate ya Walt!

The Jo. Rodgers is one of the lead ones?

It makes me wonder what kind of tinkerer did that. Was it simply a material he was familiar with used out of convenience(easily shaped) or was he really trying to effect the balance and weighting. How' good did he do?

Forgive me if there are clues that all these are original, but for your consideration: could these be rescaled- incorporating the originals as free material? already shaped and drilled would come in handy for a guy trying to make ends meet i think.

I know I'll look more closely in the future. So many I have found were in such terrible shape I didnt look close at all details, but all i have ever noticed are wedge spacers on assumed to be original scales

Anyway I think the JR&S is rather nifty and unless the photo fools me] not exactly parallel sided

Hey Kevin,

Both the Approved and the Rodgers have lead spacers. And I'm sure they both have their original scales. The Approved is the stub tail I referred to in an earlier post. It's a heavy wedge and it's horn scales are badly worm eaten (I kinda like that) and the Rodgers has bone scales that look like they might have been owned by Isaac Newton who used them as a worksheet while arriving at his laws of motion (see below).

They both seem to balance well either because of, or despite, the lead spacers.

Regards - Walt