KA-BAR repair almost done.........

[knife7knut]

Bought a KA-BAR folding hunter over the weekend that had an inch long piece of bone missing from the area of the center rivet. Was going to wait until I found the proper color bone to repair it but found a piece of Winterbottom bone in one of the drawers in my shop so I decided to use it. Hopefully I can stain it to the proper color as the fit is pretty good with a minimum amount of epoxy showing.Rough fitted it using my 1x30 belt sander and epoxied it in place using C7. After it dried I got back on the belt sander and very carefully pared it down until almost flush and then finished it with a small file and 320 wet or dry sandpaper. Got out my Dremel and a ball mill bit and blended in the jigging.Finished polishing with 400 paper and Mother's Mag Wheel Polish.Wrapped old coffee grounds around it overnight to try and stain it a bit but the surface was too smooth for it to sink in. Will probably leave it as is;going to be a EDC for awhile.

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Looks good to me. If it were the same color as the original handle, I doubt I could tell unless I was actively searching for a patch. Great job K7.

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Mike