Another rehandle project

Thanks for the encouragement Glenn & Mike. I was not too pleased with this knife, especially after doing some more knives. Each one gets better.
I also gave this one to my Dad for his birthday a couple weeks ago. He thought it was great.
I have about 6-8 paring knives in process now for Christmas presents. I am really starting to like Cocobolo for the finished look. It is a bit of a pain to work with & the dust can be irrating.
I like what you said Mike; "I don't make knives, I make dust and dirt!"

Thanks again,
Dale

PS - Now my wife wants me to make a set of steak knives, and more dust. :D
 
Actually, Delander can source that quote for you. And maybe Phil and Larry, but definately Del!:D

D'codger
 
A quote that good had to have come from Arizona...:D

Del, Del.....paging delander. Tell us about the nice "dust and dirt" you acquired recently...maybe even about the "$1000.00 knife" that almost was. Where have you been hiding?

Bill
 
Thanks for showing what you can do with a kit from Jantz. We now have over 200 blades in stock for immediate delivery. Still time for those Christmas gifts. Lets see the steak knives when your finished! Lots of fun is my favorite phrase for making knives from Kits. Koval Knives has moved in right next door! See it all, get it all with just one call.
 
Here is a 152OT I put a Babinga wood handle on. I still have to do another coat or two of polyurethane on it and buff out the rivets and do a little more shining it up. But, Man Alive, does that carbon steel take an edge!!!!!! The hair jumps off my arm when it sees the blade coming! :D
The sheath is one I bought off ebay and had to stretch the strap to fit the wider handle. I made the handle wider so that it would fit my hand better than the original Schrade Derlin handles. I also dyed the sheath and then polished it. In fact you can see some of the polish or dye on the glass plate of my scanner in the picture of the knife, (too late to worry about it tonight). :(
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/Sharpfingersheath.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/Sharpfinger.jpg

I will put some more pics up in a few days when I get a set of steak knives finished and also a Schrade 498 that I am trying to restore.
Does anyone know how to shape the leather rings on the handle? Is it best to cut them or can they be sanded? Anyone have an answer to that, LT, Mike, Sheathmaker? Anyone at all????
 
You can obtain circular punches from extremely small up to 1", above 1" you would go to a "concho cutter" (expensive). This would give you all uniform size which would eliminate some of the sanding. The tang hole in the center of the leather discs can be accomplished with a "slot punch". They are available from 3/8" 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 1" 1 1/4" etc. These can be had at a vairety fo prices from low to high depending on quality. Unless you plan on REPEATED and heavy use the less expensive will do a fine job for the more casual user. For the sanding, a belt sander or like my "shoe shop shoe finisher" is ideal. Next time you want to know what time it is, I'll tell you how to build a watch. Sorry for the long post.

Paul

Edited to add: All the punches can be found at The Leather Factory/Tandy, Weaver Leather, and many local craft stores.
 
Welcome Jantz! About time you had a presence here at BFC.

Talented guys here! Love all the knives you guys have been rehandling.

Phil
 
Dale, you do some very nice work, things I would be proud to say I did if I could do them as well. I picked up my first Schrade donor knife for a rehandle project. It's an old 13OT with a missing rivet, missing Old Timer shield, and buggered up handles. The blade has been abused as well, but the bolsters are still tight and I think I can reprofile the blade to make it worth doing. Are the original pins still availavle or are they of a commonly available size?
 
E-mail LT632ret. He might have a lead on the compression rivets and shield.

Codger
 
If you post a picture of the shield chances are I have the correct one. As far as the rivits I am sorry I do not know enough about them or there implementation I do have a drawer of rivits perhapes a pic and I will try to compare them. I hope this helps LT
 
El Lobo said:
A quote that good had to have come from Arizona...:D

Del, Del.....paging delander. Tell us about the nice "dust and dirt" you acquired recently...maybe even about the "$1000.00 knife" that almost was. Where have you been hiding?

Bill
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Well, when I was at the show in Phoenix an individual approached me asking if I was maybe interested in 'buying a collection'. I asked what he had and he showed me a 75th Anniversary Silver knife, and said he had more outside. I offered him a price for only the Anniversary knife and he later came back saying his partner would only sell all at once. I'm convinced that the knife(knives?) were hot - really hot!! :-)

As for the quote - it was D'Holders quote. And, yes I acquired some more knives for my collection. :-((
 
Redshanks,
I used 5/16 x 5/8 brass cutlery rivets which I purchased from Jantz supply, (their # RV525). The trick is getting the countersink hole for the rivet head right. I tried using a Forschner bit but got it off center and had to strip off the first handle and then used the Babinga wood. It that point I bit the bullet and bought a rivet drill from Jantz (about $25.00). It has a guide that centers the bit so the countersink hole is not off-center. It was worth the money.
As you can probably tell, I had to take some of the blade down because the tip was broken off about 1/4 inch. I used a combination of a composition whet stone and a very fine wheel on my grinder. With the very fine wheel you can sharpen into the oncoming wheel but, BE CAREFUL. That technique takes some getting used to. You night want to practice on an old junk knife. I had to special order the stone to get one fine enough to use in that fashion.

Redshanks, it is really not hard to do this. I am really not a wood worker, unless you count 8th & 9th grade Woodshop, almost 40 years ago. :D Please be sure and post pictures of your work.

Thanks Sheathmaker for the tips. I do have a belt sander and will probably try that first. I have a couple other knives that need new leather handles, one is a Remington carbon steel. Most of them have shaped handles and the leather rings I bought are oval and too large. I believe you mentioned at one time that you could cut conchos. Would you be willing to sell them?
You make watches???? WAY beyond me!!!!!

Thanks for the tips. The folks on this forum are tops! :thumbup:

Dale
 
jantzsupply said:
Thanks for showing what you can do with a kit from Jantz. Lets see the steak knives when your finished! QUOTE]

OK- Here is the finished set of steak knives. My wife loved them. The scan shows dark spots on the blades that aren't really there.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/SteakKnives.jpg

The second & third pictures show the knife block I made for this set of knives. It is made from Cocobolo, Zebra, Purple Heart, and Ebony woods.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/SteakKnives3.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/SteakKnives2.jpg

This forth scan shows the final outcome of the 152OT re-handle after it had several more coats of finish on it. It also shows my next project, that I am finally getting to, the 498 found in a creek about 18 years ago by my then young sons. It had a severe rust problem so I had to go to a body shop supply house and get a chemical that stops the rust and (they say) actually alters the chemical composition of the rust so that the portion treated (just the handle shaft) will never rust again.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/152OT498.jpg

Dale
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Nice work,Dale !
The talent you fellows have is amazing !!:thumbup:
I've rehandled some old carpenter tools,using walnut and copper harness rivets,but I don't think I have the patience to try knives.
 
Sure you do! Pick up a beater on eBay with a good blade (or a finished blank) and go for it! It really isn't that hard to get decent results. Just work a while, then put it down. Keep coming back to it every so often. My work still has a long way to go to be good, but they are functional, and look better than the messed up delrin I am replacing. I have no dilusions that my work will ever be confused with a factory or custom job, but it is enjoyable. And bigger blades are easier for my large hands to rehandle than smaller ones.

Dale, I hope you'll keep at it. That work looks nice! Ping LT and see if he has any blanks left!

Codger
 
Thanks guys!
It is a fun hobby. Last time I emailed LT he said he had some but would have to find them.

Ron, it isn't very hard at all. Patience is the number 1 requirement. After that a few tools, then a few more tools, etc. :D

I also made some little desk clocks for my wife and one of my daughters. I bought the clock and mounted them in some Maple Burl. They came out OK.

I also made my wife a cleaver for use in the kitchen. It was also a blank form Jantz. The handle is Bolivian Rose Wood.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/cleaver.jpg
I wish the scan would show the depth in the wood.
 
Well I finally got a new handle on the old 498 my boys found buried in the mud by a creek years ago. When I took it apart one of the prongs that hold the nut was bent. I tried to straighten it but it was so rusty it broke. That left me with no way to attach the plate on the end that holds the washers on. This is what it looked like stripped:
[URL=http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/Schrade498stripped.jpg][/URL]

I made a handle out of Rose wood & Ebony. It is actually 5 pieces of wood, 2 Rosewood & 3 pieces of Ebony. The Ebony is on either side if the tang & the end. Here is the finished handle:
[URL=http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/orvet/498newhandle.jpg][/URL]

Here is the underside of the handle:


The blade has some pretty heavy pitting and this will never be a show piece, but it is razor sharp and would skin out a deer or elk with no problem.
 
That old gal is all gussied up...and ready to do some business. :eek: :o
Well, you know what I mean...she looks good! :thumbup:

Bill
 
That's awesome...I like what you did with the different handle materials..

Glenn
 
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