Turning a knife traditional

Hickory n steel

Hickory n steel

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Back in January I won a generous giveaway from cchu518 ( thanks again man ) and the knife I won was this

A Mora allround #711, which I'd say due to its rubber molded handle probably just missed the cut for the porch. I tried and tried to like and edc the knife, but it just wasn't working out. First off the handle was a bit too much in hand, and the rubber kept pulling my shirt into the sheath.
Yesterday I decided to remedy the situation and now I love this knife.


The handle with Steel ( possibly iron ) ferrule are from an old bent awl that came from my grandpa.
In case anyone's wondering why I filed that choil type area into the blade, it's so I could hold all the way up on the handle without my finger touching the edge.
There's no way I could show it, but I did something a little different with the sheath. Since I knew that only the handle and tip would really be contacting inside the sheath , I put a welt at the bottom with a cutout for the blade tip.
The sheath may not look spectacular , but it certainly works.
And this is how I turned an almost traditional knife into a totally traditional knife, and used some 50+yr old materials to do it.
 
Thanks guys, though I have to admit something. The handle isn't actually fixed in place right now ( those are the original tacks that hold the ferrule on and don't go all the way through ) currently the handle is just a really tight press fit with a couple small wedges to lock it in.
I can remove the handle and glue it, but I honestly I don't think it even needs it. It's plenty strong and tight enough for edc and occasional wood carving. All I did was turn the original hole into a slot then tap it on and tap in the wedges. ( I actually ground the original awl shank into a small chisel that I used to turn the hole into a slot )
 
Thanks ! So far I really like it, especially compared to how it came. It wasn't bad, but just didn't work well for me.
 
That looks like a nicely satisfying project. I like the look of your mod. Lots of character.
 
Wait there's more !:D


I decided to try this thing out with a guard which I made from an old piece of mild steel scrap. I decided to leave it with just a wire wheeled finish to keep the old look of the knife.
So far I like it, but if I decide I don't I can take it off because I'm not going to epoxy the handle on until I've got it exactly how I want it.
Luckily it still fits in the sheath just fine.
 
I'm not going to post a picture because it basically looks exactly the same as it was, but I decided that I've got it how I want so now those tacks that held the guard on are a pin going all the way through.
 
flatblackcapo said:
That's the way to take it back to the old school ! :thumbsup:
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Thanks.
I've also got another sheath in the works right now.
The first one works but is just a rectangle and the new wet formed one that's drying right now looks better and suits the knife a bit better.
 
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