Ernie1980
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I have done work on many types of knives, but never a knife that has multiple blades on one pivot. I decided to try to rehab a stockman just to see if I could do it. This project is an older Imperial shell knife that was in terrible condition:
I forgot to take proper before pictures, this is a screen shot from a video that I took to make sure that I got all of the parts oriented correctly. Despite the two videos I made as I took the knife apart, I still somehow managed to get one of the springs reversed and had to take the knife apart again
The double bladed pivot, as I feared, was my biggest hurdle! I posted a request for help and contacted Glenn and got the help I needed
Thanks Glenn!
I finished the knife today, it turned out pretty well overall. Bolsters are beyond my skill set at this time, so this is a shadow stockman. I left the patina on the blades, just cleaning off the active rust. The blades are all full! I reshaped the Spey blade into a spear just because and everything is working well. I originally polished the pin heads but went back to a hammered look because I thought it matched the brown linen micarta covers better. Thanks for reading and looking! I tried to show my wife and was told to come post here
I forgot to take proper before pictures, this is a screen shot from a video that I took to make sure that I got all of the parts oriented correctly. Despite the two videos I made as I took the knife apart, I still somehow managed to get one of the springs reversed and had to take the knife apart again
The double bladed pivot, as I feared, was my biggest hurdle! I posted a request for help and contacted Glenn and got the help I needed
Thanks Glenn!I finished the knife today, it turned out pretty well overall. Bolsters are beyond my skill set at this time, so this is a shadow stockman. I left the patina on the blades, just cleaning off the active rust. The blades are all full! I reshaped the Spey blade into a spear just because and everything is working well. I originally polished the pin heads but went back to a hammered look because I thought it matched the brown linen micarta covers better. Thanks for reading and looking! I tried to show my wife and was told to come post here
