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My very simple thoughts on this matter:
The rivet is a conductor. We have no way knowing if the coating between the rivet & the blade is compromised or gets compromised during use. Because of that, if due to field expediency, you needed to use a scrap yard on a live wire find another way to insulate yourself & don't trust the knife. Be it making a bit of a poleaxe & lashing the handling to an insulator or something else.

Anything else and it will be a crap shoot which could lead to serious injuries. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
OR DEATH!!!!!



I bet Res-C is fine, it is just that lanyard bushing that others already mentioned.
I only know of one knife that advertised compleat insulition from the blade and that was the Gerber LMF they had a picture of one that a US sniper had used to cut big eletrical cords that were going to a search light aimed on finding him and his spotter, the blade had a big melted chunk out of the center but he was alive to tell the story.

Yep, I've got one of them LMFs. Decent for the money. The glass punch is kinda cool.

If you look on the pictures at knifetest for the LMF you can see the tang construction. It's quite impressive and makes sense that it would completely electroshock insulated.

Res-C, maybe, still trying to figure that out the safest way possible.

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