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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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Case Three Blade Trapper Modification

Started by Andy Larrison on Tuesday. 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

USN MK2

Started by Kevin D. Last reply by Lars Ray Nov 13. 11 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

An old Rapala (Marttiini) fillet knife

Started by Kevin D Sep 21. 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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Case Vault Release Razor rehandled in Mammoth Ivory

Started by Andy Larrison. Last reply by Andy Larrison Jun 12. 4 Replies 2 Likes

Had to try one out, so I sacrificed a jigged black synthetic handled razor and added some mammoth bark ivory that had some great character. First razor I've ever done, very easy pattern to work with.…Continue

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Schrade 194OT Rehandle

Started by Andy Larrison Mar 13. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Had a customer reach out wanting me to barehead and add stag to this great Old Timer. Original handles and box can be seen in the pictures.…Continue

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1972 Case Sodbuster Rehandle

Started by Andy Larrison. Last reply by J.J. Smith III Feb 25. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Recently removed the original black covers and replaced them with European red stag on this 1972 Case Sodbuster. Original covers can be seen lying to the left of the knife.…Continue

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Comment by Terry Waldele on May 8, 2010 at 23:03: Hi J.J.,
OOPS! I forgot! Thanks for the reminder, though. I'll do my best to remember to keep a record on the next knife I restore. Sorry, my bad!

Comment by J.J. Smith III on May 8, 2010 at 8:30: Terry,
Be sure to keep a pictoral record of the progress onthe $8.00 knives.

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 8, 2010 at 7:53: Dale, I heartily agree with you! Everything seems to be working like a well-oiled shop machine!

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 8, 2010 at 6:25: Terry .. I do enjoy the sharing of resources that iKC facilitates .. your forethought in starting this grp discussion .. my/our opportunity to "pitch in" .. tis a nice place here !!!!

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 8, 2010 at 0:15: Daniel and Dale, thanks so much for your suggestions. I will defiinitely follow up on them, and I really appreciate the help.

Comment by Daniel Howland on May 7, 2010 at 5:31: I think I can help, although I have never used stainless for rivots, I believe the man to ask would be Todd Davison, he is a member here and created the Knife Makers Group. He has certainly pounded more rivots than I will in a lifetime. http://www.iknifecollector.com/profile/TADAVISON

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 7, 2010 at 1:19: Terry .. you could file them by hand .. wouldn't be restored in a vintage sense .. but, certainly repaired .. might take another look @ the "repinning a bali-song" tutorial .. bolster your confidence ..

Comment by Terry Waldele on May 7, 2010 at 0:54: Hey, guys, you know the problem I had with matching pin sizes to the holes in pocket knife parts? I just remembered that our local hobby shop has a variety of pin sizes in stainless steel, but I had passed them up and ordered nickel silver pins instead. Just for curiousity's sake, have any of you used stailess steel pins to replace the old ones on a multi-blade pocket knife? I shied away from them because they are so much harder than NS and would generate a lot more heat in grinding them or sanding them, which could damage the scales. What has been your experience with SS pins, if any?

Comment by Jake on May 5, 2010 at 18:44: Beware, I looked at those a while back and found that there were some mixed reviews. Particularly in the precision of the drill press.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 5, 2010 at 16:23: $ 35 .. that is a good deal ..

The $15 POS was something I bought for drilling ckt bds back in college .. it was truely a pc of .. wk .... the clearance @ the "guide pins" was sloppy lg .. difficult drilling the same hole twice .. small base .. had to be clamped to a wk surface .. held the dremel body V only ..

The posted wkstation is certainly higher quality !! It appears to have addressed the issues I experienced.

The flex shaft , ability to position dremel @ H, V, & in between, plus drill press merits the $35. ......imo........