From kitchen knife to Kephart (rescued another)

[Rupestris]

While helping my sister-in-law move we were taking an old stove out of the basement. Somehow an old kitchen butcher knife had got lost inside it. The stove/oven was old enough to have the storage drawers and bread warmer to give you an idea of how antique it was.

The knife fell out when we threw it in the truck.

I didn't get any before pics but it was a 9" butcher knife that had seen better days. Sharpened on a bench grinder and a false edge ground on the spine about half way down. For what reason I haven't a clue.

I had some time yesterday to mess around with it. In order to remove the false edge, I had to cut away about 4" of blade. What I was left with was enough to make this:

And for scale, a pic with a Spyderco Centofante III

It has a convexed edge with a blade that measures a hair short of 5". Handle is 4-3/4" I counoured the handle a bit, flattened the spine, cleaned it up and called it done. Paired up with my modified cleaver (made to looke like a big Nessmuk if you recall) they should make some decent camp beaters.

In the first two pics you can see the remains of the fales edge/grinder marks/hack-job that the previous owner did, near the tip.

Thanks for looking,

Chris

 

[kgd]

That's pretty cool Chris! The bolts like like they are in great shape for an old knife.

 

[Rockywolf]

Looks great! Nice mod. Has a "traditional" look.

 

[TheGame]

Very nice. I like the look of it, like it has been used, but still has the original 'awe' factor to it.

 

[keithcarter]

Just shows how long a knife can last if you take care of it.