A $5 Camco scout knife being "restored".

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Kamp_King

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I picked this up for $5 just for the shackle but have decided to restore it.
But not without modifications. This is a later one(70's with steel center liners).
The main blade had never been oiled so the pivot hole is wallered out and the tang fulcrum is rounded away.(OIL YOUR KNIFE!)
The bolsters are steel and were dinged and rusted.
These knives are a PAIN to split apart.

So here it is split, scattered and the main blade tang repaired and reamed.

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And here are new N/S bolsters.
It will get new bone scales.

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With a utility knife blade, mounted in a vice.
Place the end of the knife down on the blade, tap it down with a wooden mallet, splitting the pins.
Do this BESIDE the blade, closest to the handles/scales.
Bust one end at a time then bust the spring pin.
 
Kamp_King is correct on using a blade to disassemble a pocket knife. I use a PowerKraft (Montgomery-Wards) spear blade that is thin and works well for cutting the pins. The cutting blade is wedged between the blade and the center scale and then tapped with a hammer. This is the same method that was used at the Camillus factory on the repair bench. We never used a vise at Camillus and we just held the cutting blade. I usually cut in the middle of the knife to leave some of the pin to make it easier to remove the remainder of the pin. This also leaves some of the pin so you can use the tang of a spare blade to place against the end of the pin and then tap the opposite side of the knife with a hammer to help remove the pin. I place the bolster with the pin that I want to remove on a block with a hole to give the pin a place to go. This method is used when you only wanted to remove 1 pin to replace a blade. If the knife is totally disassembled I would remove the ends of the pins on a cutler's anvil that had a slot that held the knife and pin while you pulled the pin out with blunt nose cutters.

Tom Williams
 
The pins wouldn't drive out. They were peend in really well.
So I had to split it. I don't like the steel bolsters anyway.

Oh CAMCO, I observed your photos to learn to fix these things.
You'd be a great mentor!
 
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