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Hi guys,
I was messing around with a couple of old knives, and thought you might be interested.
First, a friend of mine got me to fix his favorite knife. He's a sheep/deer/elk guide, no telling how many animals he's skinned with this. It's a big old Ka-bar folding hunter, 5 1/4" long. He never oiled the joints, and eventually the main pin broke completely in two. I drove out the remaining pieces, cleaned up the blades and put in a new nickel-silver pin. I had to regrind the bevels of the master blade as it was getting pretty thick. Remember, OIL THE JOINT of your knife!!! Just ask Tony Bose.
Second is an old Sheffield jack that I am using to make a new pattern. I've owed a gentleman a harness jack for years, and am finally getting to it. The interesting thing on this knife was how badly the tang of one blade and the corresponding spring wore. The main blade had a very square tang, so I assume the smaller one did as well. You can see how round the tang became, and the dip worn in the spring. There was almost no spring tension on the small blade.
I was messing around with a couple of old knives, and thought you might be interested.
First, a friend of mine got me to fix his favorite knife. He's a sheep/deer/elk guide, no telling how many animals he's skinned with this. It's a big old Ka-bar folding hunter, 5 1/4" long. He never oiled the joints, and eventually the main pin broke completely in two. I drove out the remaining pieces, cleaned up the blades and put in a new nickel-silver pin. I had to regrind the bevels of the master blade as it was getting pretty thick. Remember, OIL THE JOINT of your knife!!! Just ask Tony Bose.
Second is an old Sheffield jack that I am using to make a new pattern. I've owed a gentleman a harness jack for years, and am finally getting to it. The interesting thing on this knife was how badly the tang of one blade and the corresponding spring wore. The main blade had a very square tang, so I assume the smaller one did as well. You can see how round the tang became, and the dip worn in the spring. There was almost no spring tension on the small blade.
