673 rehandle project

Hickory n steel

Hickory n steel

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After a long wait due to a lost package I finally received my piece of American black walnut and today I got started on the rehandle.
I don't have time to finish it right now but I'm off to a decent start.

I forgot to take a picture before reshaping the tang, but this'll give you a good idea of what they're originally shaped like.
You can see what I removed from the bottom to give me a much easier shape to work with.


The fit isn't perfect but I can fill that in when I get to the final glue up.



It won't be perfect but hopefully it's worthy of carry in a leather sheath by the time I'm done.
 
^lookin good there hickory. how much ya gonna keep shape and doing to it?
 
Hickory n steel said:
Just some final finishing work, then I've gotta make a sheath for it but I think the 10oz leather I've got might be too thick and will have to order some 8oz.
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right on. doing well on it, Sir. looking forward to end results.
 
It looks good to me. Is there a belt loop or is it for pocket carry?
 
Silly laws getting in the way of good clean fun!

Here if I have a 110 in a sheath that opens the knife as it is drawn it is a felony. But I can carry a fixed blade with no length limit.
 
eveled said:
Silly laws getting in the way of good clean fun!

Here if I have a 110 in a sheath that opens the knife as it is drawn it is a felony. But I can carry a fixed blade with no length limit.
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Same here with those quickdraw sheaths.
As a teenager I made one for a little $4 lockback I had, this was before I actually knew they were illegal.

It's funny that in the open position the buck 302 exceeds it by an inch, but my little queen #85 B&T can't legally be pocket carried.
I suppose I could pretend to open it like a slipjoint :D
 
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