A Case Pocketknife I brought back from the dead

[Ernie1980]

very nice- looks ready to go another 50 years!

 

[Hickory n steel]

Great job on that for sure, it looks very presentable but still shows it's age.

 

[pope4]

Looks like it’s ready for the next adventure!!

 

[Rsmith_77]

Great save!

For the saving of a peanut above and beyond the call, you are eligible for the Royal Order Of The Legume. Its the highest decoration the Cult Of The Peanut has.

So many funny comments to make
Soooo little time

But due to the family connection I'll hush
This time

 

[el gigantor]

I absolutely love this. Nice job OP!

 

[Side O'Beef]

Echoing others here, but who cares? Really really awesome job!

 

[jackknife]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. It was a fun little project.
My grandfather wore bib overalls on the farm and I always remember him carrying a pocket knife in one of the small chest pockets. He would occasionally chew a small piece of a cigar - pull out a cigar and his pocket knife, cut a piece off and put it in his mouth!

I guess thats the amazing thing about it all. A hard working bib overalls wearing farmer, chewing on a piece of cigar, that he cut off with not a stockman, or a Texas jack, of even a Barlow, but a peanut. A Peanut!

He had great taste!

 

[JM2]

Pretty awesome save and story to go with it. Thanks for sharing it with us all.

 

[TwistedHollow]

Great Job! You got to wonder what kind of stories that knife could tell if it could

 

[Storm 8593]

Now thats a knife with character and a great story to boot. Great to see it carrying on its working life with you

 

[kfields]

Thanks. I was actually quite surprised that the colors came back strong in the scales!

 

[vic2367]

nice job of bringing back this beauty of a knife

 

[Angry Waiter]

Thank you OP for sharing this story. Very cool and great job restoring that pocket knife.

 

[meako]

Im interested to know what made the bone discolour like that...did you re dye it or just clean off years of built up filth?

 

[yablanowitz]

I have jigged delrin scales that have oxidized like that.

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks. I was actually quite surprised that the colors came back strong in the scales!

That was the most amazing aspect, to me, of your splendid rejuvenation of that family heirloom!

- GT

 

[kfields]

If I was going to use this knife and bring it along with me out and about, it was important for me to carry it in a pouch. As a kid, I was notorious for losing knives! The last two folders I lost was when I was in the Army. One a Barlow I brought with me to Basic Training. Stuck deep in my front fatigue pants pocket, how could I lose that? Well I lost it during a water training exercise at Ft Polk! Somehow it slipped out and continues to reside at the bottom of a swampy lake! Second Army loss was a Buck 110, a big folder which I didn't bother to have in its' folder. It somehow walked off while on Guard Duty in Germany. How does that happen??
Anyway, I resigned myself to carrying my folders in pouches after that and haven't lost a knife since.
Here's the knife pouch I picked up second hand for the Case. Definitely not fancy but it serves its purpose.

 

[kfields]

That was the most amazing aspect, to me, of your splendid rejuvenation of that family heirloom!

- GT

I agree. My personal feeling is that soaking it in the mineral oil really helped to revitalize the color.

 

[bayouace]

The scales color rejuvenation is spectacular.

 

[MTHall720]

Very inspiring!