Photos Argentinian Ju-Ca small fixed blade regrind & TLC

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This traditional Argentinian Ju-Ca brand fixed blade belongs to a friend of a friend, and as you can see the point was broken off and the handle was also in need of a bit of TLC.

Website of the Argentinian father & son team, who have been making these knives since 1959: http://ju-ca.com.ar/





 
The first leather washer had rotted and had to be removed.
Then the gap was sanded, cleaned, and filled with some JB-Weld.





 
New JB-Weld "washer" sanded flush, and the blade hand reground to it's original full convex shape on the green silicon carbide side of the Foss 7205 bench stone used with oil.




 
Handle parts & washers fine sanded, polished and waxed, filework & swedge also polished a bit & the blade stropped on hard cardboard with 1.0 micron diamond compound to remove the burr.










Specs:

Overall length: 20,9 cm (8.23 inches)
Blade length after the regrind: 10,0 cm (3.94 inches)
Max blade thickness: 3,1 mm
Brale grind: full convex zero edge
Blade steel: forged 1045 carbon steel
Handle materials: 1 x JB-Weld/Leather/Brass washers, cowbone, Argentinan hardwood, brass pommel
Sheath: brown leather (left-hand model)
Weight (knife only): 98 grams
Weight (knife + sheath): 120 grams
 
Very nice. I wouldn't have imagined the first washer was JB-Weld. The only downside, I guess, is that now taking apart the knife in case you need to replace the handle would be a more cumbersome, but hopefully it won't come to that anytime soon! Did the process affect the peening at all?
 
As a purely innocent question. Why blue marker vs machinist layout fluid like dyechem blue?

Most excellent work and attention to detail.
 
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