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Knife Repair, Modification, Restoration & Improvement

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This group is hosted by D ale, for knife enthusiasts who are interested in repairing, modifiying, restoring or improving knives, including fixed blades, folders and automatics of all types.

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Latest Activity: Jan 21

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KnifeMaker

1972 Case repair

Started by Andy Larrison Jan 21. 0 Replies 0 Likes

This piece belonged to a friends Grandpa. The main back spring was completely rounded off and there was no action left to it. Both blades had been loved on quite a bit.I had the main blade tang tig welded and reshaped, lightly cleaned both blades…Continue

The first of the ulu refurbishes

Started by Kevin D. Last reply by Jan Carter Jan 15. 12 Replies 3 Likes

I recently was able acquire a small lot of ulu knives that all needed to be cleaned, restored, or refurbished.Here is a before photo of one that was missing a handle.…Continue

USN MK2

Started by Kevin D. Last reply by Kevin D Jan 14. 12 Replies 3 Likes

Good Evening!I just acquired a USN MK2 knife a couple of days ago. The grip's leather discs were horribly dehydrated, and the guard was a bit bent; but for the most part, it was in pretty good shape. It really needed some cleaning and just a touch…Continue

Another ulu - cleaning/restoration

Started by Kevin D. Last reply by Kevin D Jan 10. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Another ulu from the small lot of them I was able to purchase recently.This one only needed a thorough cleaning and some careful restoration.Before pics:…Continue

KnifeMaker

Case Three Blade Trapper Modification

Started by Andy Larrison Nov 19, 2024. 0 Replies 0 Likes

This Case trapper started out as a 2 bladed purple barnboard jigged bone knife. Had a fella aske me to make it a 3 blade and add some filework to it. I used a spey blade from a donor trapper and modified it into a wharncliffe blade for the 3rd…Continue

An old Rapala (Marttiini) fillet knife

Started by Kevin D Sep 21, 2024. 0 Replies 2 Likes

I found this old fillet knife literally in pieces.The blade was bent. The tang was warped. The handle was too small (in my opinion). And the mechanical connection of the tang behind the handle was destroyed. The edge being useless was an obvious…Continue

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Comment by Michael Squier on July 9, 2015 at 7:45: Question for you knife builders and moders. Would there be any interest in black walnut cut from genuine civil war musket stocks for use as scales? These would be from unusable stocks, no good guns will be harmed.

Comment by Michael Squier on June 27, 2015 at 8:29: Great test, Ive seen it done before with gun parts and the results were the same. For me I like the wax because it leaves no film for dust to stick to, and if you really dont want your knife to rust dont leave it outside. But it is nice to know the best oil preventative is also one of the cheapest.

Comment by John w schmidt on June 26, 2015 at 19:57: Sorry ,could t add the pic! It's railroad bearing grease.

Comment by Jan Carter on June 26, 2015 at 19:01: Dale,

I feel the same way my rem oil LOL. But the chance that I am going to leave the collectibles, much less and EDC, out in the rain

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on June 26, 2015 at 16:50: I'm sticking w/ my Renaissance Wax.

Nice video, Jan .. thanks for posting !!!

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on June 25, 2015 at 22:42: Those are surprising results!

Featured Comment by Jeremy B. Buchanan on June 25, 2015 at 20:09: Very good video. I guess I know what to do with my knife blades now.

Comment by Jan Carter on June 25, 2015 at 19:36: Michael are you looking at a sheath like Greg Dash uses? http://iknifecollector.com/photo/pikejigged2?context=user

Comment by James Cole on June 25, 2015 at 14:46: Wow, Just Wow!! I'm going to order a 5 gallon pail of 3in1 oil. The author did a good job of explaining what he was going to do, including a control, and then reporting on the results. I was surprised by the results of both Remoil and the waxes.

Thank you Jan for posting this video.