A Parker Farmers jack, what was he thinking????

Wow, what a change!! Love it!!

I have a small Parker peanut (I think its a peanut, might be a pen) single blade that I have been wanting to carry around but it has some etching on the bolsters that I don't really care for anymore. Might have to get some sandpaper and go to work, lol.
 
your work on the scales gave a very interesting result.
I'll definitely try dyeing the bone in multiple steps alternating grinding with different colors. You opened a way!!!
 
Thanks for all the kind remarks folks. Here it is, "fitting in" with a few of it's older cousins.:D

Best regards

Robin
 
The rat tails are much more evident,that pink is what I call cartoonish. Some of the Queen Titusville red ones looked pinkish also.

The kaleidoscope of nature.

An evident rescue Robin.
 
wlfryjr said:
The rat tails are much more evident,that pink is what I call cartoonish. Some of the Queen Titusville red ones looked pinkish also.

The kaleidoscope of nature.

An evident rescue Robin.
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Thanks Lyle, I promise I won't mess with any of your loved ones :p
 
Excellent make-over, Robin! :thumbup::thumbup:
I'm not a fan of pink (or faded red) handles, so your dye job strikes me as a VAST improvement; I really like the "mottled" effect! :cool::cool: The coloring reminds me a little of the what-I-consider-attractive covers on this Holub electrician's knife I got from davek14:
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The filework on the bolster turned out great, too!

- GT
 
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You did a nice job. I think there is a reason why the more enduring scale looks tend to be on the dark side. A splash of color is nice now and then however.

Did you take it apart to do this or did you do the grinding with the scales still on the knife? Pins? Replace them? Since I have never done anything like this myself, I really have no idea how you approached this project.
 
22-rimfire said:
You did a nice job. I think there is a reason why the more enduring scale looks tend to be on the dark side. A splash of color is nice now and then however.

Did you take it apart to do this or did you do the grinding with the scales still on the knife? Pins? Replace them? Since I have never done anything like this myself, I really have no idea how you approached this project.
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Hi there 22
I ground the scales down on the knife. I didn't take it apart or replace pins. I used a small chain saw file to start and then the larger when the rat tail groove was established. Sanded and dyed untill I got about what I wanted. I'm planning on redoing the redo with wider rat tail filing and a redye or 20.:D

Best regards

Robin
 
I really like the looks of these farmers' Jacks. When a knife has more than one blade, I prefer the blades to be very different shapes. A spay and a wharncliffe. A clip and a sheepfoot, etc. A spay and a hawk bill look great too! A hardworking pair.
 
Thanks Robin for the explanation on the process. If I started something like this and a scale fell off, it would be trash can time. So, it is not something I tend to do with a nice knife. The Parker's weren't bad Japanese made knives. You can find them around here at pawn shops pretty regularly since this is Parker-Frost land.
 
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