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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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Comment by Ron Cooper on August 9, 2013 at 12:58: Robert,

Ranger knives were made by Colonial Knife Company: http://www.colonialknifecorp.com/history.htm

They actually had a patent for their system of pinning their blades and hiding the pins beneath the bolster, rather than piercing through it. Here is their design and original patent application.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on August 9, 2013 at 10:59: Real good job, Steve. I'm not familiar with that brand "Ranger" but it looks like a sturdy knife.

Comment by J.J. Smith III on August 4, 2013 at 23:19: Looking good, Steve.

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 4, 2013 at 15:32: Marked improvement!

Your master blade is now taking on the appearance of a clip point tanto. lol Much much better, though! And, the overall appearance of the knife is up a thousand percent!

Good show, my friend!

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on August 3, 2013 at 21:06: Rich, maybe you could find a whole Queen knife in bad shape that you could get cheap and salvage the blade from it.

Comment by Rich Miller on August 3, 2013 at 18:43

Comment by Rich Miller on August 3, 2013 at 17:09: I've been checking ebay not a queen pocket knife blade to be found. The blade I need is the pointed skinning blade. I'll get some more of my knife pictures up later tonite after I feed the dogs. Thanks again...

KnifeMaker Comment by Vance Wade Hinds on August 3, 2013 at 17:04: LOL. That sounds just like one of my repair jobs. You are with the right group that may have an old queen to give to the cause. Ebay is also a possibility. I would post in the Queen group and see if they have any ideas. I have one old queen trapper that was my uncles and I have a queen trapper of my brother's that has a broken backspring that I intend to send back to Queen for repair. Which blade do you need? Do you have pics?

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on August 3, 2013 at 17:03: I see some blades for folders, some times on Ebay. They are mostly, Camillus but some might be Queen's. Check it out and I'll keep an eye out for Queen knife blades, for you. I'm on there all the time any way...lol

Comment by Rich Miller on August 3, 2013 at 16:58: Thanks guys. What I am really looking for is a used blade so the knife looks more original. Guess I could have been more specific in my first post.

I bought the knife at the queen show in pleasantville pa from a woman whose husband worked for queen 54 years ago. The blade was bent and I promptly broke it trying to straighten it.

I talked to the president of queen at the show and she said it isn't covered under the warranty and would cost more to replace the blade than the knife is worth. Now if I hadn't broke it tryin to straighten it they would have fixed it...I'll never learn.