Don't Throw Those Old Buck Knives Away!

Stumps

Stumps

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My youngest brother stopped by a couple days ago.
He said his helper found a Buck knife that someone had thrown out with the trash. He thought I might be able to clean it up for him.
It meant enough to my brother to have it fixed up for his helper that he wanted to dress it up with some ram's horn.
I said I would do what I could for it.
Here is what he brought over...a 1978-1979 Buck 112;













 
I cleaned it up some to see what I had to work with.
It was actually in pretty good shape considering.







 
I did some hand sanding and buffing to get it in pretty good shape before I took the Macassar ebony off.
I would have left the wood alone because it was pretty nice, but my brother wanted ram's horn.













 
I took the Macassar ebony off and sanded, then buffed the rocker arm and spring to get rid of the rust.
Then I put it back together and peened the rocker rivet.











 
I decided to add a slim piece of red G-10 liner along with fitting the ram's horn, then added epoxy and lightly clamped everything together for the night.











 
Awesome job. A little spit and polish brought this classic back. Quality knife and you did a great job.
 
The next step was rough sanding everything to get it close to final shape.















 
The next step was fine sanding and preliminary buffing to get things close.







 
The last step was adding some handle pins and final buffing.
I kind of like the way the red G-10 liner looks with the ram's horn.
I started working on this yesterday afternoon and finished it this morning.













 
Don't throw those old Buck Knives away!!





......because it could look like this with just a little work.



 
Stumps, great work. I would have still been talking him into keeping that macassar ebony on it. That's some of the best wood I've seen. DM
 
My eyes are typically drawn to wood (that right side scale was really nice) and synthetic but I have to admit, that came out really, really nice.

You should be really proud of that.

FWIW, I think the thin layer of red was an inspired decision. Really adds something to it.
 
Just gorgeous, nice work Mark. I bet he doesn't believe that it is the same knife and it was replaced.
 
I along with the above would have to agree and say that i would have tried to convince him to keep the good wood on it. That being said, that is quite a mismatch side to side.
 
Wow Mark,

What an awesome thread! I, like you, liked the looks of the cleaned up wood, one side dark and the other side full of character. However, if you did not do the facelift you may have never noticed the transition 4 pin frame! I bet as someone who really likes those knives you smiled when the scales were pulled. Anyway, the Rams horn upgrade is totally fantastic, fine craftsmanship as always. Thank you for the step by step photo spread on the project.

JB
 
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Incredible work, and damn good eye on the young man that spotted it and realized it was far from trash. Very cool knife and story!
 
jb4570 said:
However, if you did not do the facelift you may have never noticed the transition 3 pin frame!
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That's a good observation, JB, which leads me to a question for Stumps. It appears the new rear pin is located closer to the bolster than the original hole in the frame. Do you drill a new hole in the frame to place the pin where you want it?

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