StuntDouble
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My dad was a hard worker up to the day he retired, mostly as a heavy equipment operator and truck driver. He would do a little bit of everything though, and would take on anything that popped up. He led a rough life, so it figures that the tools he owned were subjected to some pretty harsh usage as well. When he passed away this past Tuesday, his girlfriend asked me if there was anything he owned that I wanted as a keepsake. The only thing I could think to keep was a beat up old 110 I saw him using one day. I didn't get a good look at it, but I could tell that thing could tell some stories. Well, she set it aside for me, and I picked it up today.
As you can see, that knife hasn't had it easy. I'm guessing my dad was fond of using a grinder to resharpen it, and the tip is long gone, either by accident or by design. It also looks like it had been used as a hammer at some point, going by all the marks along the top of the handle and on the butt. The lockup is still relatively tight though.
While I was going through his personal effects, I actually stumbled across another 110 that I hadn't seen before.
Going by the date codes, it looks like this one is from 80-81, so it's a bit over 20 years older than the other one he had. I'm not sure why this one doesn't seem to show as much use. It definitely still shows evidence of being sharpened on a grinder, and one of the bolsters appears to have been used to beat the hell out of something. There's a little blade wiggle, but again, not as much as I would have expected for as much abuse it probably went through. I also don't think I realized just how much blockier the older versions were. They're definitely more hand filling than the more rounded handles produced today.
Finally, there's a shot of both my dad's knives with the 110 my wife got me as an anniversary gift a couple years ago.
I've been debating sending the old ones in for the spa treatment, or at the very least a blade replacement. As it is, the tips stick out of the handles on both of them, so they're not exactly safe to carry. And who knows what kind of damage was done to the heat treat when they were put to the grinder for a new edge.
What say you all? Reblade, or just hold on to them as keepsakes and use the new model?
As you can see, that knife hasn't had it easy. I'm guessing my dad was fond of using a grinder to resharpen it, and the tip is long gone, either by accident or by design. It also looks like it had been used as a hammer at some point, going by all the marks along the top of the handle and on the butt. The lockup is still relatively tight though.
While I was going through his personal effects, I actually stumbled across another 110 that I hadn't seen before.
Going by the date codes, it looks like this one is from 80-81, so it's a bit over 20 years older than the other one he had. I'm not sure why this one doesn't seem to show as much use. It definitely still shows evidence of being sharpened on a grinder, and one of the bolsters appears to have been used to beat the hell out of something. There's a little blade wiggle, but again, not as much as I would have expected for as much abuse it probably went through. I also don't think I realized just how much blockier the older versions were. They're definitely more hand filling than the more rounded handles produced today.
Finally, there's a shot of both my dad's knives with the 110 my wife got me as an anniversary gift a couple years ago.
I've been debating sending the old ones in for the spa treatment, or at the very least a blade replacement. As it is, the tips stick out of the handles on both of them, so they're not exactly safe to carry. And who knows what kind of damage was done to the heat treat when they were put to the grinder for a new edge.
What say you all? Reblade, or just hold on to them as keepsakes and use the new model?
