Question....

[Vanguard41xx]

At an antique mall by me, this booth has a box full of old slipjoints, with either cracked handles, missing handles, or broken blades. Some of them had perfect blades, but the scales turned me off. Thinking of it now, would they be worth it to re-scale them? There were companies such as Camillus, Schrade, etc. Also, they were five dollars a piece.

 

[jnevill]

I have an old Case stockman that had a cracked bone scale, I cut and shaped a piece of oak and replaced it and now it is the "house" knife, it lives on the coffee table or ottoman and we all use it regularly. My wife loves it, and it still has 100 years of life left in it. I'll post a pic later. If you can make simple scales and there are some good users, do it. They also make good glove box/tool box knives.

 

[foxx]

Pick ones that you like, then try to fix the scales, or ask around here, maybe someone else can fix them. I'd just get the ones I liked, and not worry too much about resale value. If you can fix and resale, more power to ya.
Some of those "old broken" knives will out perform many much more expensive knives.

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Pick ones that you like, then try to fix the scales, or ask around here, maybe someone else can fix them. I'd just get the ones I liked, and not worry too much about resale value. If you can fix and resale, more power to ya.
Some of those "old broken" knives will out perform many much more expensive knives.

Totally agree. I would take 1 or more for re-scaling projects.

Mike

 

[Rupestris]

Pick ones that you like, then try to fix the scales,

Agreed. You'd be surprised at how much you can learn for only $5. You might discover a hidden talent .

 

[jnevill]

This is the most used knife in my house, and will outlive us all.