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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 Terry Waldele on October 22, 2011 at 22:46: Larry, thanks for the explanation of blade peek. I've passed up some great old knives because they had that problem.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on October 22, 2011 at 22:34: @ Dan .. great to see you're still around .. I've been threatening to get one myself .. finally found a stateside source for the kits .. check here .

Note: I've not done business w/ them .. yet.

Comment by Daniel Howland on October 22, 2011 at 22:19: Thanks Dale !

Great info here as always!

I never knew about Mikov.. Now I want to make one. I went to Mikovknives.com and the ordering process seems complicated, I think I will just try to make one from scratch unless there is an easier way to get a similar kit from someone else??

Best to all!

Dan

Comment by Larry Slate on October 22, 2011 at 20:03: Hi, Terry.

Blade peek is when the tip of the blade doesn't sit beneath the liner when it is closed, like it is "peeking". In other words, it doesn't close all the way before the lock engages.

Comment by Terry Waldele on October 22, 2011 at 17:47: Great info exchange, guys. BTW, Dale, what is a "blade peek" anyway?

Comment by Jan Carter on October 22, 2011 at 13:29: Wow DALE!!!

Excellent information...Thanks

Comment by Larry Slate on October 22, 2011 at 11:50: Thanks Dale! I guessed right. I actually returned both knives. The dealer said he would repair the one that wouldn't lock open.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on October 21, 2011 at 23:08: ... as assembled .. the frame halves are mirror images of one another.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on October 21, 2011 at 22:48: Here's a pic of a Mikov leverlock kit .. the locking mechanism will be extremely similar .. there's a pin @ the end of the lever .. coincident w/ the rect hole in the frame.

For manuf reasons .. the L & R frames are identical .. the rect hole for said pin is visible in the frame half w/o the leverlock mechanism.

There are mating holes / slots in the blade. the rect hole in tang area of the blade is for securing the blade in the closed position. The rect slot in the blade is used to secure the blade in the open position.

The pin @ the end of the leverlock mech has downward (into the frame) force placed & maintained upon it by the leverlock spring. This pin goes through the frame & seats into one of the matching slots in the blade .. locking the blade either in the open or closed position.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on October 21, 2011 at 22:26: @ Larry .. keep the one that currently does not lock OUT.

Blade peek doesn't have a real easy fix that I'm aware of.

Could you post a pic .. a macro shot of the defects would be best.