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As promised in the totin' thread, here are more pictures of my old Camillus jack which has been given a new lease on life by BF member glennbad.
First, some pictures of the knife I sent him. It had obviously been previously reworked, because the blades did not match the easy open notch in the scale/handle (it's on the back side of the clip blade, where it cannot be seen in these first two photos). The black plastic had shrunk away from the bolsters a bit and to my eye was not very attractive. The bolsters had holes from a previous bail, and one handle had holes where a shield had been attached. Nonetheless, I love the look of the blades, and this size jack knife (3.375" closed) is ideal for me.
I did find this picture, which shows where the easy open cut out was in the scale/handle on the back side of the clip blade:
I have always wanted a green knife, so I purchased some hunter green jigged bone.
But it sat for weeks until I saw these pictures, and asked glennbad if he ever did work for others. When he said he did, we worked out a deal and I sent everything to him.
The Camillus was delivered while I was out of town, and even though I arrived home late last night, and very weary, I could not resist opening the package and admiring his handiwork. See if you don't agree that he did a fantastic job of breathing new life into an old knife.
The easy open notch scale, now having been moved to line up with the pen blade nail nick.
Even the back springs look great (well, except for my fingerprints, sorry).
Inside the well.
Shiny brass scales.
The obligatory long pull shot.
First, some pictures of the knife I sent him. It had obviously been previously reworked, because the blades did not match the easy open notch in the scale/handle (it's on the back side of the clip blade, where it cannot be seen in these first two photos). The black plastic had shrunk away from the bolsters a bit and to my eye was not very attractive. The bolsters had holes from a previous bail, and one handle had holes where a shield had been attached. Nonetheless, I love the look of the blades, and this size jack knife (3.375" closed) is ideal for me.
I did find this picture, which shows where the easy open cut out was in the scale/handle on the back side of the clip blade:
I have always wanted a green knife, so I purchased some hunter green jigged bone.
But it sat for weeks until I saw these pictures, and asked glennbad if he ever did work for others. When he said he did, we worked out a deal and I sent everything to him.
The Camillus was delivered while I was out of town, and even though I arrived home late last night, and very weary, I could not resist opening the package and admiring his handiwork. See if you don't agree that he did a fantastic job of breathing new life into an old knife.
The easy open notch scale, now having been moved to line up with the pen blade nail nick.
Even the back springs look great (well, except for my fingerprints, sorry).
Inside the well.
Shiny brass scales.
The obligatory long pull shot.
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Maybe my eye injury is making my view smaller 
