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I bought this Uncle Henry 885 UH King ranch along with a 1945-1955 Hammer Brand, a Ulster BSA parts knife which is on it's way to Charles, and 3 other parts knives for the whopping total of $10 bucks at an antique/second hand store a while back. All looked pretty gnarly when purchased--Also purchased a Ka-bar 2750 boot knife for $30 in a distressed state. The Uncle Henry has a small chip on the tip of one of the secondary blades that I am debating on whether to reprofile or not.Your opinions on this are welcome- Anyhow, would love to see some other "rescue knives." Unfortunately, forgot to take a pic of the Uncle Henry in it's before state, but will show you the other two, in before and after. There are bargains to be had with a little TLC.

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You got a good deal. I like that boot knife.

Love the looks of this and absolutely love the topic. Don't get much time to work on thwm now but it is one of my favorite things to do, work on an old knife to restore its beauty.

Your Ka-Bar Boot knife cleaned up really well John.  Knice looking knife!  You know what that handle material is?

Its good to see the glory of old knives restored.

WOW!  Now that boot knife cleaned up real pretty!

Tim, the specs on the Ka-bar- This  is from when Ka-bar was owned by Cole National Corporation (circa 1966-1996) I believe mine to be circa 1970- 80s. Tang is marked Ka-bar Cleveland, Ohio-2750.- Obverse side marked Stainless-Japan- OAL is 9 1/4 " with  5" blade.-Red fiber spacer, brass sunburst pins and brass cross guard-- Handle is made of Duracon, a very close relative chemically of Delrin.

Nice John, thanks for the info!

I would fix the nick in that Stockman blade.  My only debate is if I'd bring work on the cutting edge or just file down the rounded front. At the end of the day, I think I'd turn the broken sheepfoot into a coping blade. and leave it cutting edge straight.

There is a certain joy to bringing old rust bucket knives back to life!  Keep up the good work!

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