New life for a buck diamondback.

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Rush290

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New life for a buck diamondback.



Well a wile back a bought a buck diamondback, never used it much as the tip broke a week or two after I bought it. ( I dint return it because I was prying with it). Today I cut of the rubber handle and cord wrapped the handle. Then I reshaped the blade. I know it doesn’t look good but I was board and decided to give it a shot. This is my fist time making / altering a knife.

The blade is a little under 3’’ long. Overall its 6.5 inches long

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/copperheadkid15/detail?.dir=c575&.dnm=e3e2.jpg&.src=ph
 
I too have found 'new life' out of a few old messed up blades I have had laying around. One of my favorite pasttimes as of late has been doing just that. I bought a horribly abused Bowie on eBay for dirt cheap , it's gotta be old , Solingen steel , pitted and grinder marks on blade , handle was toast and the brass was scratched , spent about 8 hours on it over a week or so and made it not only functional again , but it looks kinda cool now IMO.
I cleaned and polished the blade , then "blued" it , made a handle for it out of cocobolo and polished the brass , it certainly doesnt look new , but it'll work for a camp knife anyday. :)
 
Wow -- that is the weirdest cordwrap I have ever seen! It'll work though; you can grip the knife. Next time you're bored you can do that part over. It usually takes a few tries to learn how to make it pretty as well as functional. :cool:
 
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