Seeking restoring advice

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Astrowood

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A customer has asked if I can do a partial restoration on this knife. It is marked R.J. Richter, SOLINGEN, GERMANY. Information about the knife origin is here. The owner tried to grind the blade himself (YIKES) and now I have a few hours of sanding ahead of me. The problem for me is the handle. The owner wishes to keep the knife as original as possible, no removing stag handles or the butt cap. That creates a challenge for me as the guard is quite loose, and since the handles need to be removed to slide off the guard, I cannot really epoxy it back in place ?? as how would I clean it ? My thought is to drill two holes in the guard, insert brass pins, and peen them in place. The handle scales have also lifted slightly from the tang (full). If I gently clamp the scales tight, will I be able to reset the brass pins ? The knife is 50 years old. Once I sort that out, I will polish the brass and steel.

Any and all suggestions welcome, as this is new territory for me........

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[/url] Blade 8" long by Astrowood, on Flickr[/IMG]


Handle by Astrowood, on Flickr
 
pretty stag.That blade IS a mess.Id probably regrind it.You maybe can solder the guard?Good luck!
 
can you post some pictures of the guard from different angles? that might help to tell how to fix it.
does the blade look worse than the pictures show? you could end up with more than several hours of sanding. it looks like a few days worth. like don said, good luck :D.
 
The stag really doesn't match the guard or back bolster.

Is it original?

Considering how the blade looks, I'd pull the scales too and do whatever you need to.
 
in the bottom picture it looks like there is a pin in the guard unless that is just a mark in the guard. is the guard brass or nickel silver?

to tighten up the guard you might try to mash it between 2 blocks of wood placed on the narrow portion of the guard and squeezed in a vise. it looks like there is a little bit of a gap between the tang and guard in the top picture.
 
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