About a year ago, my Green-eyed Monster & I attended Mooseup CT's annual town-wide yard sales (200 venues), with a flea market store or two also taking part in the sale-a-thon.
One that I jumped on @ $2, was this 6" unfinished Bowie that the seller had scavenged when cleaning out a former knife factory building (the other knives the seller had were unfinished steak knives).
As soon as I got back home, I ordered a brass cross-guard & a set of black micarta scales, and intend to polish the blade, then fit/finish the knife guard & scales soon.
After I obtained the crossguard, black Micatra scales, & a pack of rivets that I ordered from the CRAZY CROW TRADING POST for the yard sale bowie knife blade, I started working on the knife.
I started the rehab by filing/fitting the cross guard to the tang via enlarging the pre-made slot in the guard so it slides onto the tang.
I also started polishing out the blade, and permanently affixed the guard after the polishing was done
I cut out the scales, then decided that I wanted to try a 2-piece look, with the front portion of the grip separated from the longer/rear portion by a brass spacer.
After inletting the scales for the tang, I attached them in their rough/as-cut condition first, then hacksawed off the extra/protruding portions of the brass spacer.
I completed the project by sewing up a sheath from rough-out leather, re-purposing a plastic kitchen knife blade guard (I keep the kitchen knife in a block) to act as a sheath liner (the leather is soft).
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The next day, I worked the scales down to roughly the shape/feel I wanted, and riveted the scales to the tang with plain brass rivets.
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One that I jumped on @ $2, was this 6" unfinished Bowie that the seller had scavenged when cleaning out a former knife factory building (the other knives the seller had were unfinished steak knives).
As soon as I got back home, I ordered a brass cross-guard & a set of black micarta scales, and intend to polish the blade, then fit/finish the knife guard & scales soon.
After I obtained the crossguard, black Micatra scales, & a pack of rivets that I ordered from the CRAZY CROW TRADING POST for the yard sale bowie knife blade, I started working on the knife.
I started the rehab by filing/fitting the cross guard to the tang via enlarging the pre-made slot in the guard so it slides onto the tang.
I also started polishing out the blade, and permanently affixed the guard after the polishing was done
I cut out the scales, then decided that I wanted to try a 2-piece look, with the front portion of the grip separated from the longer/rear portion by a brass spacer.
After inletting the scales for the tang, I attached them in their rough/as-cut condition first, then hacksawed off the extra/protruding portions of the brass spacer.
I completed the project by sewing up a sheath from rough-out leather, re-purposing a plastic kitchen knife blade guard (I keep the kitchen knife in a block) to act as a sheath liner (the leather is soft).
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The next day, I worked the scales down to roughly the shape/feel I wanted, and riveted the scales to the tang with plain brass rivets.
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