Photos Buck 560 reblade

[kwackster]

Just used my last Buck 110 blade on an old & worn Buck 560 from a friend of mine.
Had to use the old backspring as i'm all out of new ones, but luckily i still had a new blade, a pivot pin, and a bronze bushing.
The new pivot pin wasn't riveted with a hammer, but pressed using a vise and a little home made tool.
Pressing lessens the chances of damaging the handle plus it allows for a more precise tightening of the pivot, in this case to a 99.99 % bladeplay-free action.

 

[JOE NOWICKI]

Nice Job!!

 

[David Martin]

Good job. Someone worked the replaced blade on a power grinder. Glad you helped him. DM

 

[kwackster]

Yes, that was the previous owner who did that.

 

[sextant]

Well done!

 

[tiguy7]

Nice work. An easy way to reblade a knife with a 1/8" diameter pivot rivet is to use a 1/8" diameter internally thread barrel and a pair of screws. After the barrel is cut to length, I red Loctite one of the screws to make a T-nut. This way, only one screw is removable and using 2 #6 TORX bits, I don't have to guess which screw is going to loosen first.