💥Blast from the Past💥 (unofficial nostalgic older knife thread)

FlyingFinn said:
Gifted to me 20ish years ago. A Case boot knife. The copyright date on the paper is 1978.

Until I joined this forum a few days ago I haven’t had anyone to share my meager collection with. I haven’t thought of value when I think of individual knives that I have as they’re mostly sentimental. But this one is probably the King of my hoard. The fella that gave me this knife I refer to as my Other Dad. He passed away 9 years ago and is often thought of.

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I think sentimental value is the most valuable.
 
Forgot to post this here yesterday, checking out this AKC "777" OTF😁
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K9 Dingo from the first numbered series.
At the time these pics were taken (~2012) i had just started using it, after a bit of reprofiling on the Wicked Edge.
The CPM-3V steel sharpens easier than CPM-S30V and holds a razor edge noticeably longer.
For me it's a fantastic outdoor knife: neither too big or too small and built to withstand a thermonuclear war.
The only minor gripe i found in actual use is that the handle screws had a tendency to come loose with chopping, but some teflon tape on the threads made that a thing of the past.













Specs:

Overall length: 10.4 inch (26,5 cm)
Blade length: 5.35 inch (13,6 cm)
Blade thickness: ~6,5 mm
Steel: CPM-3V
Hardness: 60 HRC (Paul Bos heat treat)
Handle material: Green Canvas Micarta
Handle length: 5.2 inch (13,2 cm)
Weight: 319 grams
Sheath: Leather
 
Microtech HALO 2.3 from December 2006
Hybrid single action out-the-front knife with blade from a HALO 2 & handle from a HALO 3.





















Specs:

Single Action OTF
Action: Continuous propulsion compression spring
Steel: S30V stainless
Hardness: 58-59 HRC
Blade length: 4.0 inch (10,2 cm)
Blade thickness: 3,9 mm
Handle thickness: 11,0 mm
Handle width: max 1.0 inch (2,6 cm)
Handle material: Mil-Spec Type III hard anodized 6061-T6 aluminium
Length closed: 5.39 inch (13,7 cm)
Length open: 9.33 inch (23,7 cm)
Weight: 96,0 grams
 
Vintage XXL Fahrtenmesser/Scout knife manufactured by Kienel & Piel in Solingen, Germany.
In Germany knives this size were often used by hunters for clearing shooting stands etc, but basically by anyone in need of a good quality heavy chopper with a classic design.

Once used in the jungles of Suriname by Dutch soldiers of Third Suriname Company in the early 1960's, this knife was recently found sheathed in an attic during a house clearing after the owner had passed away.
It's blade was corroded black, somewhere in time it had been "sharpened" on a bench grinder, and all handle parts were loosened and dried out.
But as the blade was still structurally sound and i have a soft spot for vintage German knives it became another project.

How i received the knife:






I chose to regrind the originally saber ground blade to convex by hand using a Chinese 300 grit diamond file, which removed most of the corrosion & edge damage, while at the same time giving the knife a much more effective blade geometry for chopping.
Also did a few refining steps using waterproof SiC paper on a semi-hard rubber backing with WD40 as a lubricant, but just enough so i can do a bit of test chopping when time permits.
The new edge measures somewhere between 25 and 30 degrees inclusive, and i still have to remove the burr.
The original stag handle was way too thick & lumpy for my hand, so after glueing all parts together i gave it a bit more ergonomic & functional shape.
Especially the thinning of the handle just behind the guard while leaving a thicker midsection makes for a very comfortable hold with much less hand fatigue.

Hand reground blade with handle disassembeld:



How it currently looks:











Specs:

Overall length: 17.4 inches (44,2 cm)
Blade length: 12.3 inches (31,3 cm)
Blade thickness: 4,0 mm
Steel: hot drop-forged carbon steel
Weight: 476 grams
 
kwackster said:
Vintage XXL Fahrtenmesser/Scout knife manufactured by Kienel & Piel in Solingen, Germany.
In Germany knives this size were often used by hunters for clearing shooting stands etc, but basically by anyone in need of a good quality heavy chopper with a classic design.

Once used in the jungles of Suriname by Dutch soldiers of Third Suriname Company in the early 1960's, this knife was recently found sheathed in an attic during a house clearing after the owner had passed away.
It's blade was corroded black, somewhere in time it had been "sharpened" on a bench grinder, and all handle parts were loosened and dried out.
But as the blade was still structurally sound and i have a soft spot for vintage German knives it became another project.

How i received the knife:






I chose to regrind the originally saber ground blade to convex by hand using a Chinese 300 grit diamond file, which removed most of the corrosion & edge damage, while at the same time giving the knife a much more effective blade geometry for chopping.
Also did a few refining steps using waterproof SiC paper on a semi-hard rubber backing with WD40 as a lubricant, but just enough so i can do a bit of test chopping when time permits.
The new edge measures somewhere between 25 and 30 degrees inclusive, and i still have to remove the burr.
The original stag handle was way too thick & lumpy for my hand, so after glueing all parts together i gave it a bit more ergonomic & functional shape.
Especially the thinning of the handle just behind the guard while leaving a thicker midsection makes for a very comfortable hold with much less hand fatigue.

Hand reground blade with handle disassembeld:



How it currently looks:











Specs:

Overall length: 17.4 inches (44,2 cm)
Blade length: 12.3 inches (31,3 cm)
Blade thickness: 4,0 mm
Steel: hot drop-forged carbon steel
Weight: 476 grams
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Excellent work, these are my favorite kinds of posts! It looks like a brand new knife and that convex grind looks lovely. Well done!
 
Vintage XL sawback scout knife, this one manufactured by the no longer existing Solingen based firm of Kronenkrebs.
The stag handle was way too thick for my hands, and the low sabergrind geometry was far from ideal for it's intended use as a large allround camp knife / chopper.
The quality of the drop-forged steel in the blade however makes it worthwile for me to put in some elbow grease.
This is how the knife looked when i bought it:





First i ground the old "edge" flat on the Tormek SB-250 stone, then ground down the blade's center ridges on both sides with a Chinese 120 grit diamond file, then reshaped the blade from a low sabergrind into a full convex one with the help of a somewhat modified cheap Parkside linisher that can now also be used as a slack belt grinder.

This is the machine i have:

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Refining the blade surfaces as well as the actual forming & refining of the apex area was done by hand on grits 240 and 400 wet & dry paper using WD40 as a lubricant, while the burr was removed on the Tormek leather wheel.
The new apex can whittle a chest hair from hair root to hair tip @ about 30 degrees inclusive.
The grinding & sanding of the blade also automatically resharpened the sawback's teeth, and the full convex blade shape makes that the sawback is now the blade's thickest part, which reduces the chances of jamming when using it for sawing or notching.

The slack belt linisher also proved very useful for shaping a new handle made from 12 thick rubber washers, each one cut from an old piece of very wear resistant & triple fiber weave reinforced industrial conveyor belt.
The ground & shaped rubber has a very nice tactile feel to it and i suspect that it will also dampen shock quite effectively, which will aid it's use in it's intended role.
Also made a thick aluminium guard as a replacement for the factory installed useless piece of flimsy brass.
Guard & pommel are now permanently installed using 2-ton epoxy, while each rubber washer is glued to the next with a good rubber glue which stays flexible.

The knife is now ready for some field testing, and if that turns out satisfactory some more refining steps will follow.
This is how it currently looks (sheath has been waxed but still needs to be restitched):

























Specs:

Overall length: 33,5 cm (13.9 inch)
Blade length: 21,0 cm (8.27 inch)
Max blade thickness: 5,7 mm
Steel type: drop-forged low alloy carbon steel
Handle materials: Aluminium guard & pommel with rubber washers
Weight: 388 grams
Sheath: leather

The knife has already proven to be a very effective short chopper during 2019 and 2020, with it's heavy convex blade in low alloy carbon steel combined with a stick tang covered in shock dampening rubber.
Still working on thinning the convex blade shape a hair more every now and then, slowly approaching that sweet spot where the edge bites at maximum depth while at the same time the blade doesn't get stuck during chopping, and the saw on the back works best.
I think i'm almost there.
Pics were taken two weeks ago in the woods surrounding my home town.





 
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draggat said:
I love the Blackfoot. One of my all time favorites. Lone Wolf was an exceptional value at the time. I rehandled a few of mine. I've heard of the springs wearing out on the autos so the Eagle Talon doesn't get fired much, but it still kicks like a mule!





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I believe i will do that to the T2 as well. Love those 😍
 
draggat said:
I love the Blackfoot. One of my all time favorites. Lone Wolf was an exceptional value at the time. I rehandled a few of mine. I've heard of the springs wearing out on the autos so the Eagle Talon doesn't get fired much, but it still kicks like a mule!





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I miss my snakewood Diablo and the D2 sneaky auto....😥. Still have the coco lobo d\a though..😉
 
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