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Hawkbill pruner

found it at antique fair,decent steel,price close to nothing

i removed scales and gave him a bath in hot vinegar,later dismantle everything and used wire brush to clean liner and blades..

in it i saw swayback jack with single sheepfoot blade,

found some scrap piece of gray colored stabilized mystery wood(i'm sorry that i don't have photo before) and after some sanding and polishing it amazed me

it came out pretty well,what do you think

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Permalink Reply by Jack Haskins, Jr. on October 22, 2013 at 12:09

Very VERY nice. Excellent job.

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on October 22, 2013 at 12:11

Rino, that is fantastic! What a great job...I love it when old knives are rescued to perform again!

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on October 22, 2013 at 12:53

Great job!

Permalink Reply by Clay Strong on October 22, 2013 at 13:55

You did an amazing job. You can be proud.

Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on October 22, 2013 at 14:06

Wow, what an amazing transformation! Those scales you put on it are really pretty. And that blade cleaned-up beautifully! You did a great job of peening those pins.

That is the task that always amazes me -- peening the pins in the handle. Having never attempted it I can only imagine myself missing the pin then striking, denting and destroying the handle material. Ouch!

You did an amazing job, Rino, of breathing new life into this now beautiful "Swayback Jack!" Kudos, my friend!

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on October 22, 2013 at 15:33

Rhino,

Great work on the re-hab. It looks great.

Ron,

The trick to peening the pins is to do it before you do the sanding. That way you can sand away any mis-strikes of the hammer. With the better epoxies they have now the pins don't actually need to hold the wood onto the knife. IMO that is.

Ron Cooper said:

Wow, what an amazing transformation! Those scales you put on it are really pretty. And that blade cleaned-up beautifully! You did a great job of peening those pins.

That is the task that always amazes me -- peening the pins in the handle. Having never attempted it I can only imagine myself missing the pin then striking, denting and destroying the handle material. Ouch!

You did an amazing job, Rino, of breathing new life into this now beautiful "Swayback Jack!" Kudos, my friend!

Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on October 22, 2013 at 15:45

Thanks, Brad! I appreciate your input. BTW, I snagged another Western Bowie -- It should be here tomorrow and I believe that it's one of the first variants of that model -- Pics will surely follow, stay tuned!

Brad T. said:

Rhino,

Great work on the re-hab. It looks great.

Ron,

The trick to peening the pins is to do it before you do the sanding. That way you can sand away any mis-strikes of the hammer. With the better epoxies they have now the pins don't actually need to hold the wood onto the knife. IMO that is.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Craig Henry on October 22, 2013 at 16:45