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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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Comment by Chris Taylor (CTAYLORMAN) on May 1, 2010 at 22:59: I have always been interested in knife repair/restoration but just havent jumped in and tried. I would like to know how to basically restore a finish to a knife blade that has some slight pitting and spots etc. I have purchased a couple books but the way they explain it you have to have a fully functioning shop with grinders, lathes, drill presses etc...Surely there is a simpler way of bringing that "shine" back to a knife blade. Ive seen many knives that have been "cleaned up". Ive been told dremels will do the job and I have also been told dremels will burn up the blade because of their speed. Any help would be appreciated. Look forward to learning something from joining this group.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 19:41: Everybody loves a pretty face .. .. .. .. ..

Yup .. nail nick is usually the first to go .. I've tried w/ a dremel & those little 1" cut-off wheels .. takes a steady hand .. how do you cut a new one ?? what method ??

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 19:33: .. just push the button ..

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 17:23

Comment by J.J. Smith III on May 1, 2010 at 17:17: Got nothing against a "pretty" knife. All I was getting at, in my experiance in modifying blades the nail nick is the first to suffer. A few of mine I had to cut another to be able to open them. Others don't have one at all.

(Funny that all this is about methods of opening a knife.)

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 6:55: I love the diversity of this site .. one gentleman post's another's approach to "making it functional" .. another replies "Oh, man .. UGLY" .. yet another "I like function" .. yet another "I tried this" ...

!!!!!!!! Love this place !!!!!!!!!

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 6:48: I thought the lines flowed too ...

.. again .. something to be said for those inexpensive imports .. cost effective prototyping platforms ..

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 6:45: .. went for functionality .. my thumb would just slide into the slot ..

.. w/o the "spydie hump" ..

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 5:47: Re: JJ's .. "it doesn't have to be pretty"

Look @ what happened to those fle mkt auto's .. wasn't pretty .. but, I learned a bunch !!

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on May 1, 2010 at 5:00: I tried this ..

.. I was very happy w/ this mod .. very ergonomic ..

.. radiused a few surfaces ..

.. I could never understand the spydie hump .. the idea's OK .. just .. blend it in a bit ..

.. another one from the chinamen .. love these take apart knives .. I was able to completely remove the blade for "machining by dremel" ..