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Comment by Jan Carter on April 4, 2016 at 12:05

Derek,

Sometime in the past Bernard Levine posted some info on Kinfolks production

Kinfolks folder productions dates per Bernard Levine:

1) Kinfolks by Kinfolks c1926-1951

2) Kinfolks by Robeson c1951-1965

3) Kinfolks by Parker c1993-present

I am going to take a guess based on the celluloid and the type of match strike pull used on the knife in the pic that it is Parker made

Comment by allanm on April 4, 2016 at 11:24

Link to photo in my uploaded photos

Comment by allanm on April 4, 2016 at 11:22

Not sure the image is getting in, I may have to post from home again tonight when the proxy server at work (while I eat my lunch) is not interfering

Comment by allanm on April 4, 2016 at 11:18

Greetings all - I'm looking for advice from others with experience. I posted photos of a badly abused Western (Boulder CO) sheath knife. Unfortunately the blade is damaged/tarished enoguh I can't see the model, but it looks like it might be an L66 or Boy Scout survival type - but definitely does not have the Boy Scout fleur de lys and other markings. 

My wife picked this up somewhere for 25c, unfortunately also no sheath and badly neglected, and told me you might like to fix this. So I plan to clean it up and polish it at the very least, and try to sand and polish the pommel to at least improve it. I had thought to take the stacked leather handle off and do something else, but then decided I may as well try a restoration and see if I can salvage it in any way to keep the original form as much as possible.

The leather disks are so dried and shrunk there are some gaps and they are clearly much smaller than they used to be with a good amount of the spine and belly (is that the right term?) on the handle exposed.

One idea I had was to start rubbing in small amounts of Neatsfoot oil at a time to start moistening the leather, and try to get it to start filling back out that way. Is that worth trying, or are there any better ways to restore what I have, other than removing and re-stacking with new leather or other material?

Comment by Richard Schuchman on March 31, 2016 at 22:02

Wow! Pretty poison indeed! Those are really nice. Looks like they're shrinking a bit, but not warping. I wonder if ANY change in the handle material is an indication of gassing?

Comment by Derek Wells on March 31, 2016 at 19:21

(Dang! I just deleted a post some how >>> Not sure of the maker D ale all three blades just have this simple logo and nothing else if this helps ID the maker please let me know. Also note the shrinkage Not sure what I am going to do with these now - Probably sell them on with the buyers full knowledge re the celluloid 

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on March 31, 2016 at 19:02

Is the Kinfolks a Parker reproduction .. by Queen .. for Case .. while owned by Jim Parker ???

Comment by Derek Wells on March 31, 2016 at 18:56

Seeing these comments about Celluloid and info from elsewhere I have taken these out of my display table that holds 60+ stockman pattern knives. A couple of these have 'shrunk' at the bolsters. It seems the risk is too much.

L to R a Kinfolks, Bulldog, Pit Bull and a Winchester 

Comment by Richard Schuchman on March 31, 2016 at 16:46

Will definitely do post-op pics from the hospital. Working on health insurance right now; ObamaCare is pretty clear about not covering Case knives, at least 2nd party items. Wooden mallet and chisel, huh? Dang! And I just got rid of the last of my vampire hunting supplies at a garage sale last week. My knife may actually be safer with the scales on for it's plane ride to CA. I'll only attempt a celluloid exorcism if it starts to forcefully deteriorate and I have no choice.

Comment by James Cole on March 31, 2016 at 16:40

D ale, Good advice.

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