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Hello Joe,
I have an old friend, who will turn 76 years tomorrow. He is a real gentleman but was very unlucky in the past couple of years. First he got struck by a brain embolism that left his right side of his body paralysed en through very intense physiotherapy he now is able to walk for short distances using either such an walking frame or a good strong cane. Luckily his speech wasnt lost and although it was very hard to understand him in the beginning as half his mouth and part of his tongue had been paralysed. Luckily his speech came back to such an level that we can have long conversations again while enjoying a good glass of cognac or whiskey.
While he was fighting to regain his mobility again his wife left him, just without any forewarning whatsoever so he had to overcome that mental blow together with the physical blow he had received.
But hes a fighter and together with his many friends he made the best of it. Right now he is staying in an home for older people, living in his own small apartment but having help just a push of a button away but still having the privacy of his own 4 walls.
Well my friend has an old Buck folder its an 25 year anniversary model it has the whole of the blade on one side covered with an anniversary etching and if Im correct it has the dates 1963-1988 on it. It has nickel silver bolsters not the brass ones you normally find.
The blade is used but surely not abused and the last time I visited my friend and we shared a meal he took out the Buck to cut his meat. The normal diner knives are just to thin to hold for him and not sharp enough to cut. So he uses the Buck anniversary folder to cut his bread, meat etc. and the extra weight and thickness and being sharp makes cutting his food so much easier.
The knife was not really sharp anymore so he asked me if I could sharpen it, well I had my small key-chain DMT diamond stone at hand and within a short time the buck was really sharp again especially after I stropped it on my leather belt.
I noticed however that the round bar spring inside the back of the grip must have lost its spring as the blade will fall open, after you closed the knife, so far that the sharp blade point and part of the cutting edge sticks out of the handle frame and it can really do damage, as I managed to really nick myself bad in my hand when it just opened up on me when I took it out my trouser pocket.
I offered my friend my Buck folder with BG42 blade and nickel silver bolsters and green wood handle slabs but he has very fond memories of his anniversary model and wanted to keep his knife.
For now he uses a rubber band to keep the blade from falling open just so far that you can cut yourself or your clothes when you have it in your pocket but I dont find that an good solution and a rubber band is real hard for him to manipulate also.
Im wondering if you would be able to replace the weakened spring only so my friend gets his original knife back (because of the memories) and also how long would this take to fix (if possible) and what would be the costs?
I live in the Netherlands but can send the knife to the US without any problem, I only wouldnt want the knife to be away for many months .
Best Scouting wishes from Holland,
Bagheera
I have an old friend, who will turn 76 years tomorrow. He is a real gentleman but was very unlucky in the past couple of years. First he got struck by a brain embolism that left his right side of his body paralysed en through very intense physiotherapy he now is able to walk for short distances using either such an walking frame or a good strong cane. Luckily his speech wasnt lost and although it was very hard to understand him in the beginning as half his mouth and part of his tongue had been paralysed. Luckily his speech came back to such an level that we can have long conversations again while enjoying a good glass of cognac or whiskey.
While he was fighting to regain his mobility again his wife left him, just without any forewarning whatsoever so he had to overcome that mental blow together with the physical blow he had received.
But hes a fighter and together with his many friends he made the best of it. Right now he is staying in an home for older people, living in his own small apartment but having help just a push of a button away but still having the privacy of his own 4 walls.
Well my friend has an old Buck folder its an 25 year anniversary model it has the whole of the blade on one side covered with an anniversary etching and if Im correct it has the dates 1963-1988 on it. It has nickel silver bolsters not the brass ones you normally find.
The blade is used but surely not abused and the last time I visited my friend and we shared a meal he took out the Buck to cut his meat. The normal diner knives are just to thin to hold for him and not sharp enough to cut. So he uses the Buck anniversary folder to cut his bread, meat etc. and the extra weight and thickness and being sharp makes cutting his food so much easier.
The knife was not really sharp anymore so he asked me if I could sharpen it, well I had my small key-chain DMT diamond stone at hand and within a short time the buck was really sharp again especially after I stropped it on my leather belt.
I noticed however that the round bar spring inside the back of the grip must have lost its spring as the blade will fall open, after you closed the knife, so far that the sharp blade point and part of the cutting edge sticks out of the handle frame and it can really do damage, as I managed to really nick myself bad in my hand when it just opened up on me when I took it out my trouser pocket.
I offered my friend my Buck folder with BG42 blade and nickel silver bolsters and green wood handle slabs but he has very fond memories of his anniversary model and wanted to keep his knife.
For now he uses a rubber band to keep the blade from falling open just so far that you can cut yourself or your clothes when you have it in your pocket but I dont find that an good solution and a rubber band is real hard for him to manipulate also.
Im wondering if you would be able to replace the weakened spring only so my friend gets his original knife back (because of the memories) and also how long would this take to fix (if possible) and what would be the costs?
I live in the Netherlands but can send the knife to the US without any problem, I only wouldnt want the knife to be away for many months .
Best Scouting wishes from Holland,
Bagheera
