pjsjr
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myself, when I see a Buck for sale that's been abused, I take it home and try to remove the signs of abuse. This was the case last weekend at a gunshow. I know that I should have taken before pictures, I was really anxious to get started on the clean-up and didn't think about it until now
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This three-liner 116 and sheath. (If you look on p. 545 of Blade's Guide, you'll see a similar sheath...anyone know how to tell if this is a true early Buck sheath?) Had been abused by previous owner/s. Among other abuses used as a hammer and sharpened on a grinder, not sure which is worse:barf:.
I started with 220 grit paper over the entire knife. On the blade I went edge to spine, on the handle I went pommel to guard. From 220 to 320 and finally 600. I left the blade surface alone at that point and reshaped the tip(just to get that little downward slant of the original profile) and sharpened it up. There are still barely visible marks from the grinder and stabbing the tip into something(gravel?). On the handle I finished with red jeweler's rouge on a piece of leather and a flitz like compound. Again there are visible marks that I just wasn't going to get gone without serious reshaping. When I get a buffer I'll go back over it to get a better finish.
So I'll live with this neat little style knife and hope that this next hunting season I'll have the opportunity to put it to the uses that it was meant for. I think that this will be a good knife for cleaning fish and small game, aside from caping. Preston
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.This three-liner 116 and sheath. (If you look on p. 545 of Blade's Guide, you'll see a similar sheath...anyone know how to tell if this is a true early Buck sheath?) Had been abused by previous owner/s. Among other abuses used as a hammer and sharpened on a grinder, not sure which is worse:barf:.
I started with 220 grit paper over the entire knife. On the blade I went edge to spine, on the handle I went pommel to guard. From 220 to 320 and finally 600. I left the blade surface alone at that point and reshaped the tip(just to get that little downward slant of the original profile) and sharpened it up. There are still barely visible marks from the grinder and stabbing the tip into something(gravel?). On the handle I finished with red jeweler's rouge on a piece of leather and a flitz like compound. Again there are visible marks that I just wasn't going to get gone without serious reshaping. When I get a buffer I'll go back over it to get a better finish.
So I'll live with this neat little style knife and hope that this next hunting season I'll have the opportunity to put it to the uses that it was meant for. I think that this will be a good knife for cleaning fish and small game, aside from caping. Preston
. It's most the bolsters on the 112, so maybe I'll wait 'till I get a buffer. Preston