Let’s See Your “Rescue” Knives

[Gevonovich]

Nice rescue Al!

I am not an expert on identifying vintage knives, but the seller informed me this Queen is from the 1920's.

Love the old tang stamp:

c. 1932 - 1955

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...n-tang-stamp-help?highlight=queen+tang+stamps

Al

Fantastic job on that lovely Marbles!!!!

 

[JohnnyMayhem]

Well I got this case bowie, but I'm going to have to pull the handle, it's a bit on the "huge" side and put something on a bit more traditional, like a hunk of stag or a nice hardwood. (also I gotta yank that piece of what I'm assuming is a lamp part on the tang nut.)

 

[texasshipagent]

I picked this out of my Dad's garage it was my grandfathers Army Signal Corps linesman kit issued as a set pliers and a Camillus TL-29, this was issued to him during WWII during the War, grandad was younger then most of his generation so by time war came to a close he was still in light craft aviation training in San Antonio and never made it overseas.

Still have his wool dress uniform jacket also

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Great job Al, real rescue. Both knives came out for a second round.

Mike

Thank you, Mike!

Nice rescue Al!


Love the old tang stamp:

Thanks, Tom! I enjoy the different old tang stamps. One of my small pleasures is uncovering a tang stamp from a dirty/rusty specimen.

Al

Fantastic job on that lovely Marbles!!!!

Thanks, Gevonovich!

I picked this out of my Dad's garage it was my grandfathers Army Signal Corps linesman kit issued as a set pliers and a Camillus TL-29, this was issued to him during WWII during the War, grandad was younger then most of his generation so by time war came to a close he was still in light craft aviation training in San Antonio and never made it overseas.

Still have his wool dress uniform jacket also

Tex, that is a true treasure. These WWII sets can still be found, but how many people can say they have their grandfather's set? Good stuff!

 

[r8shell]

I couldn't tell you why, but I've come across more Boker USA knives in the past month than I have in years.

This poor whittler was "Used hard and put away wet."

before


Even with the broken blades, and a missing shield, and some rust and grime binding up the springs, I thought it was worth trying to rehabilitate into a usable whittling knife,
I especially like the tapered backsprings:



Hard to believe how much gunk I had to flush out before I could open and close the blades smoothly. I turned the broken clip into something between a sheepsfoot and a wharncliffe, and shortened the coping blade to where the tip had snapped off. I narrowed the tip on the pen slightly, and may decide to shape it into a small clip like you see on some old whittlers.

 

[PWork]

A fine job on that one and a LOT of life left in it.:thumbup:

 

[kenash]

Well, while I could pick out one of these posts to complement on, I think they're all great. I have really enjoyed reading this thread. I have some old knives that I've hung on to that are in bad need of repair, including an Ulster. I just need to learn how to disassemble/reassemble a traditional. Thought about selling them as is, but now I'm more motivated than ever to try to learn to repair.

Thanks to all!

 

[arrowhd]

I picked this out of my Dad's garage it was my grandfathers Army Signal Corps linesman kit issued as a set pliers and a Camillus TL-29, this was issued to him during WWII during the War, grandad was younger then most of his generation so by time war came to a close he was still in light craft aviation training in San Antonio and never made it overseas.

Still have his wool dress uniform jacket also

Good stuff!

 

[Balrog99]

I found a Meyerco in a firepit one day. All the wood burned off so for now it just has electrical tape so the remaining rivets don't poke you. I'm going to redo the scales with some nice wood, and clean up the blade. I am going to keep the bolsters how they are though.

 

[jmarston]

Here are three that I have "rescued".
The electricians's knife is a beautiful Klein with wooden scales and fine brass pins. Very nice walk and talk. This was the worst of the bunch in terms of grime. Caked with dirt, paint and some sort of putty, it took some real elbow grease. I think it was all worth it though.

The Utica barlow had a very large chip near the point of the blade which I sharpened out on my belt grinder. The action was very rusty and took quite a while to flush. A very pleasant little knife to use now.

The Shrade was the least of the bunch. All that was wrong was it looked like someone tried to sharpen it with a Dremel. A good reprofiling was all she took a great work knife now! These Shrade Old Timers have such amazing edge geometry.

I think I may have something around forty dollars in the lot. Good deal!

 

[MerryMadMonk]

We've all been there... that moment you realize you can't find one of your favorite pocket knives. Then the search begins and while it may end after a time, you never really forget that knife.

One of my EDCs for several years went AWOL around the first week of April 2013. The last time I remember using it (which is not necessarily the last time I used it) was cutting open bags of crawfish for a crawfish boil. I distinctly remember cutting those bags with that knife because a friend commented that I still had that old yeller knife.

It could have been lost when I was doing yard work a few days later. I searched high and low and just about everywhere... and never really quit searching... and thinking all the time: "How in the heck did I lose a yeller knife?!"



A few weeks ago we were doing some repair work to a storm-damaged shed when my son-in-law said, "Is this one of yours?"...

It had been resting on a shelf that was partially exposed to the elements... for almost 3 years. How many times did I go in and out of that shed in the last 3 years?! Too many to count. And yet I never saw it.

 

[MerryMadMonk]

After some TLC, it's back in service...

Man, I love this old yeller knife!

Edit: replaced old photobucket images with Imgur

 

[5K Qs]

Superb rescue, AL! :thumbup::thumbup:
How did you rejuvenate the yellow covers? From the "before" pics, I'd have guessed the handles had faded permanently.

- GT

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Thanks, GT!!

I've had that white scale develop on other Delrin handled knives and have always been able to make it go away with light cleaning and mineral oil.

 

[Mort Canard]

Is that some sort of awl buried in the corkscrew? I have not seen anything like that before.

 

[MrBitters]

$12 Camillus antique / junk store find. I had to soak it in mineral oil overnight just to get the blades open. However, once cleaned up, it took an incredibly keen edge.

 

[RobertJ1]

I couldn't tell you why, but I've come across more Boker USA knives in the past month than I have in years.

This poor whittler was "Used hard and put away wet."

before


Even with the broken blades, and a missing shield, and some rust and grime binding up the springs, I thought it was worth trying to rehabilitate into a usable whittling knife,
I especially like the tapered backsprings:



Hard to believe how much gunk I had to flush out before I could open and close the blades smoothly. I turned the broken clip into something between a sheepsfoot and a wharncliffe, and shortened the coping blade to where the tip had snapped off. I narrowed the tip on the pen slightly, and may decide to shape it into a small clip like you see on some old whittlers.

That is absolutely fantastic! I've been looking for a knife like that haha. Great job!!!

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks, GT!!

I've had that white scale develop on other Delrin handled knives and have always been able to make it go away with light cleaning and mineral oil.

Thanks for the reply, AL. I'll have to file that info away in case I get the chance to try to rescue a knife with faded covers! :thumbup:

- GT

 

[ConBon]

Is that some sort of awl buried in the corkscrew? I have not seen anything like that before.

Thats a very small, eyeglass sized screwdriver. Very handy.

 

[ConBon]

A schrade dogleg jack with completely broken secondary and a main with broken tip.

Before, it is on the right.

After

A Schrade made Holub hawkbill I had for two years before repairing or using. Cleaned, filed down the pins, tightened up pivot, reshaped blade into a very very very sharp sheepsfoot, and burned a pattern into the scales. I don't think you can see the pattern in the scales here, either because it's a bad pic or before I burned them in.

Finally, a Case I don't know where I got, that had a broken tip and missing shield. Somehow the bone handles didn't crack when the shield came off, but I guess it was simply from poor glue. I made a shield out of a penny, which I dimpled for a pattern. Made a curved sheepsfoot type of blade, which I have ended up putting on a few blades because of its handiness. Shown with my Queen.

Connor