Can someone tell me a little about these type of points please.

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Impact Blue

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I really like the looks of Pic #1, as the points come down, meeting at a sharp point. Unlike Pic #2, the more traditional splice at the handle section, I'm looking at a 5 or 6 point "sneaky," or wrapless built around the first picture.

It might just be an optical illusion, but it seems like the lower points in the first pic (along with many other pictures I've seen of similiar styles) do not line up. Even if the points near the joint are perfect, where they meet towards the wrap seem uneven. They may not be, but the pictures all suggest this.

Anyway, I'm wondering if the rate of difficulty is higher in construction in Pic #1's point style over Pic #2. Or am I just crazy thinking about this kind of stuff anyway.

Thanks, guys!


Pic #1:
pointslow.jpg


Pic #2:
highpoints.jpg
 
Pic 1 is a short splice. Pic 2 is a full splice. The two construction styles are totally different and, IMO, equally challenging.
 
Impact Blue said:
I really like the looks of Pic #1, as the points come down, meeting at a sharp point. Unlike Pic #2, the more traditional splice at the handle section, I'm looking at a 5 or 6 point "sneaky," or wrapless built around the first picture.

It might just be an optical illusion, but it seems like the lower points in the first pic (along with many other pictures I've seen of similiar styles) do not line up. Even if the points near the joint are perfect, where they meet towards the wrap seem uneven. They may not be, but the pictures all suggest this.

Anyway, I'm wondering if the rate of difficulty is higher in construction in Pic #1's point style over Pic #2. Or am I just crazy thinking about this kind of stuff anyway.

Thanks, guys!


Pic #1:
pointslow.jpg
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If Im understanding you correctly-what youre calling the lower points is actually the points overlapping each other. Even though they look like reversed points they really arent.

I think it was B.S. that said anybody can get the points even at the top but the real challenge is getting them even at the bottom. That may have been what he was talking about.

Its all in the set up of the machinery used to cut the point grooves in with. You can bet if you have that condition-the main points are not perfectly centered on the forearm. It only takes being off a few thousandths to cause them to be uneven.

Good eye. I always wondered how many people noticed that.
edit: The rate of difficulty isnt necessarily higher with either. Its all difficult until youve done a few hundred.
 
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If there is no movement between the forearm and the handle and all the V's were cut to the exact same depth and the center is not moved, then the points will be the same at top and bottom. If any of this criteria is not correct then the top or bottom of the points will change as the center must be disturbed to correct for problem, moving the A-joint enough to correct said problem. Using Ebony and going into an ebony or a black ring or such makes it an extremely easy task to make sharp points on both top and bottom of forearms having 5 or more points.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
If there is no movement between the forearm and the handle and all the V's were cut to the exact same depth and the center is not moved, then the points will be the same at top and bottom. If any of this criteria is not correct then the top or bottom of the points will change as the center must be disturbed to correct for problem, moving the A-joint enough to correct said problem. Using Ebony and going into an ebony or a black ring or such makes it an extremely easy task to make sharp points on both top and bottom of forearms having 5 or more points.

Dick
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Sounds like you might roundy up some business with that statement! That's great to hear.
 
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