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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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In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 13, 2010 at 12:59: Knifeology 101 .. a couple of us have put together a database of resources/info/history/interesting facts .. we had to outsource the database ..for sorting & indexing .. features not well supported w/i the Ning environment ..

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knifeology101/
.. we hope you like it !!!!

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 13, 2010 at 2:34: TCM .. commercial free .. try Independent Film Channel (IFC) .. Fox Movie Channel (FMC) .. Netflix sub for more commercial free ..

.. it’s the commercials that turn the grey cells to a gelatinous mess .. not the 1942 Bogie & Bacall .. “To Have & Have Not” ..

.. It’s my wife that has the spouse w/ the sleep disorder here ..

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 13, 2010 at 1:37: Dale,
Great idea! The tie-wrap manufacturers should love it. If you'll draft the Business Plan and Prospectus, I'll pay the postage for them using USPS' Flat Rate postage. (#28)
Terry

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 13, 2010 at 1:27: Hi Alec,
I'm a night owl mainly because my wife has a sleep disorder and I'm up when she's up. I'm sure glad iKC is a 24/7 operation. You can only watch so many Turner Classic Movies without your brain turning into a gelatinous mass of goo.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 13, 2010 at 1:06: .. came across it @ http://thereifixedit.com/ ..

I'm game .. maybe we can hit tie-wrap's marketing dept up for funding .. you know .. kinda like duct tape applications on steroids ..

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 13, 2010 at 0:41: Dale, that's FUNNY!!! Seeing your photo, I smell a contest coming, a contest to see who can think up the most bizarre use for tie-wraps. (Of course, entries must be accompanied by a photo.) Should the contest result in a tie (no pun intended), it will be broken by a hoop tossing contest using hoops made out of tie-wraps. What do you think? Will this absolutely brilliant idea cut the mustard?

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 12, 2010 at 21:33: Terry .. remember that tie-wrap mod to the spyderco that started a bunch of this .. thanks for posting .. I see it's catching on everywhere ......

Comment by J.J. Smith III on May 12, 2010 at 11:38: That's Terry.

#22.

Comment by AlecsKnives on May 12, 2010 at 4:52: Lol thanks Terry, what are you doing up at this hour?.....

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 12, 2010 at 3:35: Alec, I love your "...cut the stupid bickering in washington and get some decent work done for us working guys..." And J.J., be cool! If you "don't cut nobody no slack", you may be heading for the "unkindest cut of all." Anyway, you're both "a cut above" in my book.