pre 1920s Boker Masonic Knife Repair

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pre 1920s Boker Masonic Knife Repair

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Just picked this up for less than $10. The handles have been sprung out of place, and although it started out life as a whittler, one of the blades is broken. I'm gonna try to find a replacement blade, but if I can't find one I'm gonna turn this into a two blade pen knife. I wouldn't usually screw around with a knife this old, but it just ain't right to leave it with two and a half blades.
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Well boys, I'm in it now!
Anybody got an old Boker pen blade and some 0.075" pin stock?
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That's a neat old knife. I would try to fix it right. You might have to search ebay to find a donor knife for a blade. The shame on pin stock is there is a big S&H charge with Jantz to order any. Even to send some through the mail is $2.60 minimum for a package. It may be better to wait and order a larger quantity through Jantz.
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Nice knife, I would try to keep it original with three blades ::tu::

The pins are steel so you can easily find some finish nails that would work. Also what is the thickness of the tang on the pen knife?
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MB,
The thickness is 0.064". The width at the pivot is 0.232".
OAL of the broken pen blade probably started at 1.800".
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OK I'll take a look and see if I have a blade.

Now that I look closely the pins might be nickle, take a magnet to them. Also the back spring on that blade has a worn spot you might have to touch up to make it snap right.
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I don't think you'd be able to make that a two blade pen knife, you'd still have to use both springs to match the tang thickness on the large blade.

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Very cool. I have a Masonic Case knife but nothing this nice. Let us see the finished product!
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