Swivel knife checkering

[W7JRR]

As we all know the checkering on tooling varies between manufacturers a lot.  How would you say the checkering compares on swivels knives from Henley vs King?

[Rhale]

I believe Henley offers 2 different checkering while King only uses 1!  I have a regular checkered Henley and it is a little finer checkering than Kings. Both are very good knives but the Henley blades seem to be better for my liking.

 

[480volt]

This is not exactly what you’re asking but the knife on the right is a Henley bought at the beginning of 2018. The one on the left is from a Tandy beginner kit. Don’t remember what was specified regarding the knurling on the Henley, but it feels fine. I don’t own a Barry King.

 

[dikman]

As long as the knurling provides sufficient grip I can't see why anybody would be concerned about it.

[W7JRR]

Just looking to make sure the checkering is fairly aggressive.  A lot of tools are done with the checkering being nothing more than decoration.  I'll probably try to give Henley a call in the morning to get some pricing from them.

[480volt]

Just to keep the terminology straight, it’s knurling on lathe turned pieces, done with a rotary knurling tool that displaces material and impresses a pattern. Checkering is done with a file and is a metal removal process.