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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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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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In Memoriam Comment by D ale on September 8, 2013 at 11:53: Nice job, Jack . Ironwood is some hard & pretty wood. The pattern resulting from the grain is sweet ..and.. if you drop it, the ironwood dents the floor.

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on September 8, 2013 at 11:21: Oops, sorry.

This is a Spyderco bug. I inclused a pic of it with a Spyderco Bradley Folder (previously called a Gayle Bradley) for some scale.

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on September 8, 2013 at 11:19: Here's a little scale job I did. AND I MEAN LITTLE! lol

Start:

I put the dots on it with a Dremel and hated it.

Finished with AZ ironwook scales

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on August 18, 2013 at 21:52: Dale, I'll be looking at kits but I've also seen small sets (5-15) of slip joint knives on ebay that should provide practice knives. I'd like to get a few of the same model to use the good parts from each to make good knives. Well, usable anyway. It'll probably take me two weeks to develop the skill to create works of art. :) Ok, maybe three. lol

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on August 18, 2013 at 21:18: Knifekits.com has kits available .. a simple "screw parts together" kit can be had as low as $ 17 + shipping. A partial pin together kit (i.e. scales pre-attached) can be had for the same.

Blades are pre-tempered .. a little on the soft side for my preference .. one has a working knife upon assembly though .. a good learning experience.

..... still cheaper to buy a couple abused knives @ yard sales. Dis-assemble those & attempt re-assembly. Repeat until reassembly successful.

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on August 18, 2013 at 20:34: Jack, SMKW has some Rough Rider kits. They don't look to awful hard to put together and they are cheap. Might be good for practice.

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on August 18, 2013 at 18:44: Oops. I meant to say "it is NOT a "put parts together" kit. Keyboard can't spell. lol

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on August 18, 2013 at 18:41: I just looked for kits on usaknifemakers.com. They have several. I see a Gunstock 3.25" closed kit that looks interesting. But, it looks like it still needs to be ground, heat treated, fit and finished according to the description. So it's now just a "put parts together" kit. I'll have to call them to see if there is any aspect I can't do. I know I can't grind a blade. The picture looks like the blade comes cut to shape but no FFG or hollow grind or anything like that. If I tried to grind it I'd end up with a FFG, hollow and saber grind in different places on the same blade. lol

Comment by Jan Carter on August 18, 2013 at 17:43: Ron that is some cool information. There are so many ways to learn the mechanics of a knife these days. Buying a kit will help you understand how it all fits together

http://www.premiumknifesupply.com/servlet/the-259/Kit-S002-Osaka-Fo...