Early Schrade Knife Question

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Pen & Toothpick
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Early Schrade Knife Question

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I thought the extra pin looks very unussual on this knife? (The one to the left-below the shield) Can anyone explain this? (There also seems to be a strange hole, almost like it was for another pin on the back scale.)

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Beats me! I dont see why anybody would put extra pins in it, and can't see the purpose of it originally being built like that either. ::paranoid::
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Maybe some bizarre repair job,wonder how the backspring(s) affected by it.
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You got me. I would say self lnflicted though!
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It could be a semi-bonafide repair process for a broken backspring. They are most likely stainless steel, as marked on the blades. SS springs had a tendency to break.

If so, it was of limited effectiveness, as the blades are described as "lazy"

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Thanks Charlie and Elbertson you reinforced what I was thinking, but I don't have any experience with knife repair - and it seemed mindboggling how that pin went parilously through the backspring.
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I suspect there is a break in the backspring between the rocker pin and that added pin.
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