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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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Very VERY nice.  Excellent job.

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

Great job!

You did an amazing job. You can be proud.

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! 

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! 

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.


That's fantastic work Rino! Looks great!

Sir: You are a magic man.

SWEET

Thanks to everyone on positive comments,knife is joy to use  

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