Restoration of Grandpa's hunting knife

Some sort of butt cap appears to be missing so I think I will leave that as is. There are also 2 holes in the buttcap assembly that I bored out to 3/16" to be epoxy pinned. After this post, I will be giving it a final coat of 24hr epoxy and do the finish stuff tomorrow.

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Interested to see how this one turns out. Leather stacked handles are my favorite.
 
This is the first stacked leather handle I have made.
 
looks pretty good, maybe find a fab shop that'll help you make a butt cap to cover the tang and maybe lock into those open cutouts.
 
Kinda jumped the gun on the drying time but it worked out great. Y'all know I can't leave good enough alone... I changed the profile to make it a little more aggressive and gave it a convex.

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My condolences to your grandfather. Mine passed away last year and anything I learned growing up I learned from him. This knife looks incredible by the way! Great job! I'm sure he'd be VERY proud.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Some sort of butt cap appears to be missing so I think I will leave that as is. There are also 2 holes in the buttcap assembly that I bored out to 3/16" to be epoxy pinned. After this post, I will be giving it a final coat of 24hr epoxy and do the finish stuff tomorrow.
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Nothing's missing as I can see. The end piece with 2 holes and some checkering is the end piece- that gets nailed down, and locks the other two on.
 
Just dyed the handle black and cut a relief for the trigger finger. The sheath will be HD. Double thick kydex welt, double thick snap strap, kydex reinforced belt loop, kydex reinforced back and face.

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Excellent, Matt.
Your grandfather's knife has been totally revitallized.
 
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That is quite nice! Love the handle work.

Glenn
 
Sheath is done. Blade will get cleaned up better tomorrow.

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