Grandpa's war knife

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OldKnife007

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I enjoy putting stacked leather handles on knives, and recently had a woman bring me an old WW2 issue Ka-bar that had belonged to her father. He was a Marine, had been in combat in the Pacific. He had given it to the woman's son before he died. She wondered if anything could be done. Yes, it could. A few years ago I posted in the 'other' main knife forum on the web, and very fine knife guy Mike Steward posted some helpful photos.

I was honored to rebuild this old fighting/utility. Was able to use the original guard and pommel. No charge on this one.

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Nice work. Thats what it probably looked like when grandpa got his hands on it at age 19. Wish that thing could talk. I like keeping things original, but you can see that this one was falling apart, so a good restoration job certainly was in order.
 
No, it cannot decrease in value when its primary value is as a family keepsake.
What monetary value would a common knife in terrible condition have to lose? :)
 
powernoodle said:
Nice work. Thats what it probably looked like when grandpa got his hands on it at age 19. Wish that thing could talk. I like keeping things original, but you can see that this one was falling apart, so a good restoration job certainly was in order.
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No kidding. And the best part of the restore is that now it has a new life. Hopefully someone will be passing that down to another generation saying "you know, your great grandfather carried this in WWII...."

Nice job!

Robert
 
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