Rehandle Buck ?

[theedge13]

I have a buck special that was used and abused (by a younger edge13 unfortunately). The phenolic handles have some chips and gouges in it. I was wondering if anyone has ever rehandled one? Is it even possibe? If so how do you do it? Far left knife...cannot see the damage in the pic

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[Seals]

Many times,but never easily.Push the pin out of the pommel,pommel will slip right off sometimes,bust the phenolic handle off with a hammer.(fun part)Slip on the handle material of your choice,fill the void with your choice of sticky stuff,repin the pommel.Sounds easy,right?You can sand out a lot of scratches and gouges on your 119,you might try that first.Sometimes these rehandle easily,but usually there's a snag.Good luck,Don

 

[Seals]

Here's one i did a while back.

 

[Ebbtide]

They are character marks, don't worry.

 

[Jose Wales]

Here's a couple I did.

 

[Ebbtide]

I cheated and re-handled a 619

Much easier to cut off beat up Krapton

 

[theedge13]

Here's one i did a while back.

Looks nice. Ill try to hit the spine and and handle w/ a sander first to see how it looks...I may try to do leather washers if i decide that the sanding doesnt look good