Post by Ron Kulas on Dec 21, 2009 18:42:05 GMT -6
renovating a throw away knife.
The tip had been snapped off a few years ago so he asked that I re-shape it.
I was able to get the red plastic off but that only revealed the remnants of the duct tape that must have been used before the plastic coating.
Once I got the leather off the handle, I found the tang was badly rusted. It can still be saved.
The aluminum pommel has some deep dings and scratches but I can remove them as well. The thing I found odd was that the brass finger guard has a visible notch but that is how it came from the manufacturer.
I re-shaped the blade and got rid of as much pitting as I could without wrecking the blade.
My friend asked that I use oasge for the handle. He sent along a few pieces of 50 year old Osage fence post to replace the leather of the grip.
Once I cut out the scales for the handle and saw the yellow, I just had to add some red. Since it is a hunting knife with a deep history, I cut two, thin bloodwood spacers that will lay closest to the metal of the handle.
I masked off the metal parts (easier to get the extra epoxy off) and assembled the parts. After 24 hours passes, I will be able to shape the handle and finish the polishing of the metal parts.
After a bit of shaping, the knife is starting to look like a knife again.
I got rid of all the scratches as well.
Time to start the sheath. I will use 8 Oz. Tooling leather because I want to stamp a little fancy schmancy stuff onto the leather
Then stitched it and trimmed it.
Then I made a snap strap to hold it in place.
Lastly, I got the whole thing wet and fit the sheath to the knife. I will let it dry over night before I stain it.
Well, A little red brown stain and Neatsfoot oil and a rub down with mink oil and the sheath and the project are complete.
I used some diamonds and ceramic and now the blade is like a razor. There is some great steel in that blade.
I looks a little diff then when I got it. I hope he likes it.
The tip had been snapped off a few years ago so he asked that I re-shape it.
I was able to get the red plastic off but that only revealed the remnants of the duct tape that must have been used before the plastic coating.
Once I got the leather off the handle, I found the tang was badly rusted. It can still be saved.
The aluminum pommel has some deep dings and scratches but I can remove them as well. The thing I found odd was that the brass finger guard has a visible notch but that is how it came from the manufacturer.
I re-shaped the blade and got rid of as much pitting as I could without wrecking the blade.
My friend asked that I use oasge for the handle. He sent along a few pieces of 50 year old Osage fence post to replace the leather of the grip.
Once I cut out the scales for the handle and saw the yellow, I just had to add some red. Since it is a hunting knife with a deep history, I cut two, thin bloodwood spacers that will lay closest to the metal of the handle.
I masked off the metal parts (easier to get the extra epoxy off) and assembled the parts. After 24 hours passes, I will be able to shape the handle and finish the polishing of the metal parts.
After a bit of shaping, the knife is starting to look like a knife again.
I got rid of all the scratches as well.
Time to start the sheath. I will use 8 Oz. Tooling leather because I want to stamp a little fancy schmancy stuff onto the leather
Then stitched it and trimmed it.
Then I made a snap strap to hold it in place.
Lastly, I got the whole thing wet and fit the sheath to the knife. I will let it dry over night before I stain it.
Well, A little red brown stain and Neatsfoot oil and a rub down with mink oil and the sheath and the project are complete.
I used some diamonds and ceramic and now the blade is like a razor. There is some great steel in that blade.
I looks a little diff then when I got it. I hope he likes it.