Sulaco
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My dad carried a Camillus TL-29 for years in the Air Force and during his civilian jobs until he lost it somewhere along the way. One day while working in a building he found a newer but identical one on top of a ceiling tile. He carried that one for a bit but had mostly already replaced it by then, so it mostly sat unused.
Anyway, fast forward to a few weeks ago and I saw a post here about the knives and remembered he had that one. I asked him about it and he said sure, I could have it. So once I got it, I saw how bad a shape it was in. The main blade had tons of wobble and not much snap at all. The screwdriver blade wouldn't lock on the liner correctly and this made the knife kind of unusable. I posted about it and a member offered to work it over for me. I won't name him because I didn't ask if I could. He can post here if he wants to though!
Anyway, he sent me some pics of it as he was working on it (hope he doesn't mind me posting them!). It's truly like a different knife now. The main blade has absolutely zero play at all, great snap and looks really good. The screwdriver blade locks up nice and tight and the knife just looks and feels great! I can't wait to start carrying and using it!
Here's a crappy before pic. This shows how bad a shape the knife was in.
Working...
Finished!!
Here's his description of what all he did:
"... got the blades to walk and talk, had to take a bit off the width on the screwdriver as it was just too wide to fit into the pocket. Main blade works fine too now, I cleaned it up a bit and gave it a small swedge, then edged it as well. Screwdriver locks up tight too, when you open that blade, stop it at the half stop and then just push it from the tip until it snaps open on its own, that'll get it enough momentum to engage the lock tightly. I took a bit off the lock bar in order for it to engage well, but I didn't want to take off so much that it wouldn't lock tight. Hammered and cutlered the bolster pins so the blades don't wobble anymore, then glazed the bolsters so everything's nice and smooth and the pin is hidden."
I can't put this thing down! I'm not kidding, it really is like a new knife!!!
Anyway, fast forward to a few weeks ago and I saw a post here about the knives and remembered he had that one. I asked him about it and he said sure, I could have it. So once I got it, I saw how bad a shape it was in. The main blade had tons of wobble and not much snap at all. The screwdriver blade wouldn't lock on the liner correctly and this made the knife kind of unusable. I posted about it and a member offered to work it over for me. I won't name him because I didn't ask if I could. He can post here if he wants to though!
Anyway, he sent me some pics of it as he was working on it (hope he doesn't mind me posting them!). It's truly like a different knife now. The main blade has absolutely zero play at all, great snap and looks really good. The screwdriver blade locks up nice and tight and the knife just looks and feels great! I can't wait to start carrying and using it!
Here's a crappy before pic. This shows how bad a shape the knife was in.
Working...
Finished!!
Here's his description of what all he did:
"... got the blades to walk and talk, had to take a bit off the width on the screwdriver as it was just too wide to fit into the pocket. Main blade works fine too now, I cleaned it up a bit and gave it a small swedge, then edged it as well. Screwdriver locks up tight too, when you open that blade, stop it at the half stop and then just push it from the tip until it snaps open on its own, that'll get it enough momentum to engage the lock tightly. I took a bit off the lock bar in order for it to engage well, but I didn't want to take off so much that it wouldn't lock tight. Hammered and cutlered the bolster pins so the blades don't wobble anymore, then glazed the bolsters so everything's nice and smooth and the pin is hidden."
I can't put this thing down! I'm not kidding, it really is like a new knife!!!
