Knife cleaning uncertainties.

A little bit troubling to me, that the tips of the blades are extending almost beyond the end of the handle, as opposed to just being a little bit high above the liners. If filing the kicks, they'll have to drop quite a ways to get the tips fully concealed, more so than would likely be needed if they were just a little high alone. Make sure there's lots of room for the cutting edge to drop without hitting the backsprings.

Might blend a combination of kick-filing and bladetip filing/grinding over time with a few resharpenings (assuming the knife is going to be a user), as an in-between 'fix' to prevent lowering the blades too much. The more they're lowered, the more the springs will likely sink as well, with the blades closed.
 
Wow, that's an interesting and different knife, neato!

Dropping the clip blade into the well will work fine.

Simply dropping the pruner blade far enough into the well to cover the tip, will have the tip smacking the back spring when you close it or grasp the knife firmly, while using the clip blade.

You could both drop the blade a bit, and shorten the blade a little. The spine would have to be reshaped if you want to have that nice arc and swedge.

You could do it yourself if you go slow, and use hand tools, like: a file, a diamond file, and a sanding block. It's only steel!:)

I love doing that kinda thing; but I know, not everyone has the stomach for it.

Good luck man!

Michael
 
cigarrodog said:
Here are some quick images. Turns out that both blades are proud.
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Nice pics, as always. The bog oak looks good, I wasn't aware that A Wright was using bog oak....Might be time for me to get a new Lambsfoot in bog oak. :D
It looks like the blades need to loose a little in length more than the kick needs to be lowered.
Maybe sending it to one of our friendly BF forum professional sharpeners could be the answer?
 
flatblackcapo said:
Nice pics, as always. The bog oak looks good, I wasn't aware that A Wright was using bog oak....Might be time for me to get a new Lambsfoot in bog oak. :D
It looks like the blades need to loose a little in length more than the kick needs to be lowered.
Maybe sending it to one of our friendly BF forum professional sharpeners could be the answer?
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Thank for the nice words. Great idea. I messaged Gary and will be sending it to him soon.

I did not buy from an AD. I started researching Sheffield knives, looking for a lambsfoot, and came upon this odd site. One of the clickdown menus showed the knife I purchased, with bog oak. I’m intrigued with the age and history of this ancient wood. It was in a way, a kind of take your chances buy. I don’t believe that A. Wright is currently offering any bog oak, and none in this blade configuration. Despite, it’s flaws, the knife is very solid. Once all issues are addressed, it will be a keeper and a user.

I took another gamble and spotted on another site, an older Sheffield Wostenholm jigged bone lambsfoot, which will be arriving next week.
 
So here is the result. I cleaned the knife and sent it to Gary W. Graley Gary W. Graley . Despite Gary enduring a serious slicing mishap while performing surgery on another project, he heroically did a magnificent job on my knife. No more proud blade tips and they’re sharp to boot. Thank you Gary.

I love this knife not only for the unusual blade configuration(pruner and clip), but also because of the scales. I take no small pleasure in the fact that the bog wood is 5300 years old. No creature on the face of the earth, today, existed when this wood was a living tree. It gives me perspective. Thank you all for helping me with this project.
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You are most welcome sir, the clip swedge was a tad sharp with the peak almost sharp to the touch, which made closing it not feel so safe as you pressed down against the spine of the blade and the swedge at the same time, so I carefully radius'd the spine of that swedge while still keeping it's good looks, and you are right, the wood on that is stunning, also gave some of the outer edges of the scales better corners/edges so it feels very comfortable in the hand. Also sanded down the inside of the brass liners as well as they were a bit sharp edged and did not feel safe in use, now, much better.

The clip blade has a stout spring so you really have to WANT to get that out, but I think in time it will open easier, for now it really holds that blade open during use quite well :)

Nice photos too sir !
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cigarrodog said:
So here is the result. I cleaned the knife and sent it to Gary W. Graley Gary W. Graley . Despite Gary enduring a serious slicing mishap while performing surgery on another project, he heroically did a magnificent job on my knife. No more proud blade tips and they’re sharp to boot. Thank you Gary.

I love this knife not only for the unusual blade configuration(pruner and clip), but also because of the scales. I take no small pleasure in the fact that the bog wood is 5300 years old. No creature on the face of the earth, today, existed when this wood was a living tree. It gives me perspective. Thank you all for helping me with this project.
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That is a beautiful knife and a wonderful bit of history on the handles...…… It looks like Gary did a fine job getting it operational & safe again...…… And yes, nice photos..... Very good detail....
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Gary W. Graley said:
You are most welcome sir, the clip swedge was a tad sharp with the peak almost sharp to the touch, which made closing it not feel so safe as you pressed down against the spine of the blade and the swedge at the same time, so I carefully radius'd the spine of that swedge while still keeping it's good looks, and you are right, the wood on that is stunning, also gave some of the outer edges of the scales better corners/edges so it feels very comfortable in the hand. Also sanded down the inside of the brass liners as well as they were a bit sharp edged and did not feel safe in use, now, much better.

The clip blade has a stout spring so you really have to WANT to get that out, but I think in time it will open easier, for now it really holds that blade open during use quite well :)

Nice photos too sir !
G2
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Are you sure you didn't just secretly replace the knife ? ;);)
You seriously did an excellent job and it looks factory, I'm not sure it would be possible to prove there was work done if one didn't already know :thumbsup:
 
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