Toasted 96OT Repair

ea42

ea42

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Hey folks, I must have tried about a thousand times to post this to the original thread from a few months back, but this darned site wouldn't let my post go through for some reason, so after a ridiculous amount of frustration I figured I'd just start from scratch. I meant to do this a while ago but I completely forgot. You might remember a fellow named Joe had posted a 96OT that had been in a fire at his father's home. He had gotten in touch with me and was brave enough to let me have a go at it. It was quite damaged, and I wound up having to completely disassemble it (grind off the swinden rivets) in order to clean the rust scale off the blades and tangs. Here's the result after some serious cleaning and a new dressing of smooth sunset bone covers. Just wanted to add that it was an honor to do this for Joe and his dad, he's a heck of a son to realize the importance of restoring something for his old man that seemed hopelessly lost:

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Eric
 
You're not just a pretty face Eric...very well done...should be rightly proud of yourself...I bet Joe is happy too...Hoo Roo
 
Very nice. A lot of work to salvage a fairly common knife, yet not so much to save a keepsake for father and son.
 
Thanks a lot guys, it was a real pleasure. I was a little concerned about how the heat might have affected the springs, but they still have some decent snap to them.

Eric
 
FINE JOB Eric!! Ya done a good thing - Bone is perfectly colored - Nice!!
Hope it becomes a long lasting family heirloom.

-- Howie
 
Very nice job on bringing the knife back. Should be called the Phoenix knife after rising from the ashes.
 
That's a beauty, Eric. A real labor of love!
 
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