Brought a old Imperial back from junk

holo07

holo07

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Wanted to give this a try,picked it up on eBay for $8.00. Enjoy the before and after I still have some work to do, this old carbon takes an edge so easy. There is a little blade wobble left to right, if you have an idea how to fix that please share it. All 3 blade have great snap. great fun doing stuff like this and it keep me in the garage and not in front of the t.v.

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That looks good, is the blade sitting home when closed?

Could be the pivot pin that is worn.

You cant go wrong with that old hard steel.
 
Great job putting a knife I would have passed on back into service.
It's a pattern / blade configuration that I haven't seen before from any brand, a clip main spey secondary and an awl is interesting.
You did a good job and now have a good usable knife, I'm just picky and would have passed the knife by with all those severe chips in the edges.

If I'm not mistaken this knife would be 30's-50's, but don't quote me on that.
 
Johnnythefox said:
Thats a good job,maybe try lightly pinching it in a vice?
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Bad idea. Most of those old Imperials like that are shell construction. You have to carefully, and I do mean carefully, bend the tabs that wrap over the ends of the liners just enough to pop the covers off, then you can work on the pivots. A little gentle peening should clear up the wobble. Then you can put the covers back on and bend the tabs back down.
 
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