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After a couple of months my family has decided it& #39;s safe to visit my folks again and so I& #39;m back in the shop today to fix this knife for a friend (who knows it& #39;s cheaper to buy a new one). As you can see it fell on the drying element in the dishwasher (which it shouldn& #39;t be in):
Note the much higher quality rivets I will put in place to secure the new handle; they& #39;re $15 by themselves! Not to mention the 50 year old dry aged art grade dark walnut wood I& #39;m putting on for new scales.
Drilling out the old, cheap rivets is easy:
See this rust? Don& #39;t put your knives in the dishwasher folks......
Seriously. It& #39;s going to drive water in and rust it:
Okay we& #39;re back! I got distracted talking to my dad about family history and such.
Here we have cleaned the Tang in preparation for a new handle:
Here we have cleaned the Tang in preparation for a new handle:
The scales have to be hand sanded to match the bolster angles:
Much better:
I managed to get the holes in the right spots and in a straight enough line; now to set the shoulders for the pins:
I& #39;m using a special drill that will allow me to set the shoulders centered around the existing center screw pins. I& #39;ve set the drill press to stop at a specific distance each time.
Unlike the cheap press rivets these brass and steel screws will hold longer and stronger:
Glued and screwed! Time to let the epoxy set up before profiling and shaping up the handle:
The epoxy has set; time to get back to work:
Roughed out; time for lots of hand sanding now:
Lots of scratches to remove:
So many scratches:
Making slow but steady progress:
Note to self; proper time with the files save you time and sandpaper:
Whoops; going to have to fix that:
The "downside" of fixing that; I& #39;ve now put a better finish on part of the blade.
Well; might as well fixed it all:
Well; might as well fixed it all:
"Oops I accidentally added a 0 to the end of the value of this knife!" is what the buffer had to say:
(Note: didn& #39;t do a full Hibben level mirror polish; I didn& #39;t grind the blade and this is a simple touch up job)
(Note: didn& #39;t do a full Hibben level mirror polish; I didn& #39;t grind the blade and this is a simple touch up job)
The real reason y& #39;all are watching this thread:
