Knife repair story

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Quinninja

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So a while back, I bought a knife from a antique store with a cork handle, stainless steel Blade, and was made in Japan:
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The cork handle had been so messed up that I had to put tape to cover it up:
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and just a couple of weeks ago, it finally came out of the handle. So, instead of keeping it in the handle it was in before, I took a wooden
Broomhandle and sawed it off of the broom with my brother's combat knife. Then, I took another knife that was smaller than the one I was fixing and made enough of an indent so I could then push the knife into this new handle. Now at first, I thought that this would be a bad idea, since I was doing it at my house, but even with me using the concrete around my house and a rock to hammer the handle into the knife hilt, I still managed to keep it in an almost pristine condition:
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So in the end, it managed to be repaired without any damage or any real smithery...
 
Wow great first post, thanks for sharing, yep no damage still pristine and great smithery. Concrete and rocks make great smithery tools.
 
colubrid said:
How much did you pay for this knife again?
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I hope he didn't pay too much for what it is, after all it's just an old cheap bait knife that couldn't have costed more than 3$ brand new.
At least he was able to fix it without any actual tools.
 
OP, you are a rebel in a land of disposable consumerism. The 1930s depression generation would salute you. Good luck with your next project.
 
wow bud, just wow. beautiful work u did there looks great. you better keep up the good work i think you have a good talent and ur right! great smifery. i got a couple ole broom handles by the outhouse, might just have to try somthin with em. never thought they be any good for nothing but now I'm inpresed. have a good one buddy :thumbup:
 
Don Joe said:
wow bud, just wow. beautiful work u did there looks great. you better keep up the good work i think you have a good talent and ur right! great smifery. i got a couple ole broom handles by the outhouse, might just have to try somthin with em. never thought they be any good for nothing but now I'm inpresed. have a good one buddy [emoji106]
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Mark we missed you, where did you go? It was three weeks we started to get worried about you.
 
"So in the end, it managed to be repaired without any damage or any real smithery..."

Good for you. Many would have thrown it away, but here you have saved it from the trash. Enjoy
 
STAINLESS90 said:
Mark we missed you, where did you go? It was three weeks we started to get worried about you.
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Gotta be honest Stainless........I missed him like a particularly painful & bleeding fever sore right in the corner of your lips that bleeds every time you yawn.
But hey.....hav a gud wun budy👍🏽👍🏽👍👍
Joe
 
While I've no interest in that knife or your repair, I do love that your thought when the handle came off was to find a fix rather than to trash it.

If you've any interest in one, I'd be happy to send you one of my Mora Companions.

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It's used and has a patina, but rock solid, very sharp and not MacGyvered together in any way. Totally safe, structurally speaking. Just send me an email.

Bryce
T.L.E. Sharpening
 
So, what part of Louisiana you from ?????
Maybe we're close enough to meet up, I'd love to see the work you did on that knife in person.
Somehow, I just don't think the pics do it justice.
 
Well hell, let's see a photo of the entire knife. Now to contour the broomstick and oil it up.
 
I wasn't expecting this much of a response! I actually bought this from an antique shop, and i don't even know who made it...
 
The handle was made of cork, and it wasn't messed up like that in the shop, I was just a stupid kid when I bought it...
 
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