UPDATED - Traditional Knife Steady Rest

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Brumby53

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For any sort of Traditional Folder repairs or restoration one of these is very handy (if not essential) .... Mods please move if this is not kosher in this area
 
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WOW!!! VERY Cool!! I like both projects! :cool:
I can just imagine putting that one together with just basic tools. :eek:
Thanks for sharing!!


Dave
 
WOW! I'm impressed. Those will make your forthcoming repair/mods even more enjoyable to accomplish.
 
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Very nice work :thumbup: You'd think that there would be loads of old cutler's stiddies knocking around in Sheffield, but sadly, I reckon the scrap-men had most of them :(
 
I've had that book for years, but never had the industry to whittle my own steady. Amazing job.
 
Wow, I wouldn't have the patience to do something like that by hand. Great work!
 
Thanks for the encouraging comments guys - much appreciated
glennbad - I have seen some of the amazing mods you have done shown here on the forum. Love to see a pic or two of your work/station/area (?)

jack - such a shame all that history was probably just discarded for scrap.
 
I don't want to take away from your thread, but since you asked, here are a few pics....


They say a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind, well I must be extremely sane, LOL




My stiddys...yours is great!




Here's my baby!




 
Thanks for the Pics glennbad! I will be studying them with considerable interest. (I have already stolen the plastic bag/cup idea - very practical way of doing things.)

Derek
 
There is probably a more efficient way of keeping track of things, but this works for me, and bags and cups are cheap...
 
Very nice! One thing that I find absolutely fascinating is a peek at the workbench of a craftsman.
 
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For any sort of Traditional Folder repairs or restoration one of these is very handy (if not essential) .... Mods please move if this is not kosher in this area

I’ve been getting into more & more Traditional Pocket Knife repairs and restoration and the time had come for a dedicated Anvil Workstation – This is based on the “Steady Rest” described in Ben Kelley Jn’s great little book on Pocket Knife Repair.(ISBN 0-87341-387-3)
All done the ‘hard way’ with basic tools and lots of elbow grease from a piece of tram line. This is the second one I have made the first was some smaller track and is just a bog standard anvil design.

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Derek,
What did you use for the thin end of the anvil that will stand up to repeated pounding? Material? Thickness?

Both Ben Kelly's and Adrian Harris' books were on on my reading list last winter but I have as yet to try disassembling some old knives and rehabbing them.
 
Hi MC, The thin piece on the end is made from an old stainless wood working plane blade. Nothing too scientific about it but I reckon the tram track would not have handled being ground down that thin - just way too soft.
 
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Derek,
Thanks for the info! Building a cutlers steady and at least disassembling an old knife is on my to do list for this winter.
Good luck on rehabbing the Barlow! The books make it sound fairly simple but when I look at the work of Esnyx and Glennbad it's intimidating.
 
Looking forward to see what you do what this!
 
Great to see your bench Glenn :thumbup:
 
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