Klein Electrician's Rehab
Klein Electrician's Rehab
It has been almost a year since I have done any work in the knife shop, so I have really been itching to get back at it.
I moved past several half-finished and barely-started projects on my workbench to start on this Klein that I recently found cheap on the 'Bay. The poor thing had been heavily used and abused. So I shaped the worn Hawkbill blade into a Sheepsfoot and removed the screwdriver blade.
I rehandled it in some Culpeppers Sunset smooth bone. I Left some of the deeper scratches on the blade and bolsters, because I didn't want to take off too much metal. Still, I like how it turned out!
I moved past several half-finished and barely-started projects on my workbench to start on this Klein that I recently found cheap on the 'Bay. The poor thing had been heavily used and abused. So I shaped the worn Hawkbill blade into a Sheepsfoot and removed the screwdriver blade.
I rehandled it in some Culpeppers Sunset smooth bone. I Left some of the deeper scratches on the blade and bolsters, because I didn't want to take off too much metal. Still, I like how it turned out!
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
That’s a great rehab!
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
material.Reverand wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 7:35 pm It has been almost a year since I have done any work in the knife shop, so I have really been itching to get back at it.
I moved past several half-finished and barely-started projects on my workbench to start on this Klein that I recently found cheap on the 'Bay. The poor thing had been heavily used and abused.
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So I shaped the worn Hawkbill blade into a Sheepsfoot and removed the screwdriver blade.
I rehandled it in some Culpeppers Sunset smooth bone.
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I Left some of the deeper scratches on the blade and bolsters, because I didn't want to take off too much metal. Still, I like how it turned out!
much improved!
David
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Nice job Rev. I would have taken out the secondary blade also, although it is not a screwdriver blade. It is a blade specially designed to cut a certain type of electrical cable covering.
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
very nice result.
Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Thanks Dale!
I did remove the secondary blade, along with the liner lock. I had assumed (ahem!) that it was just a screwdriver blade that had been ground down after breakage, or something. I appreciate the correct information. There is always something more to learn!
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Really nice, creative work Reverand! That one will make a nice EDC. And, now I know what to do with a worn down hawkbill blade in the future.
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
That turned out nice Reverend!!! I like a sheep foot style blade, too. Very useful EDC!!!
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Great job! I have a Schrade Walden 204 Electrician that Jeffinn redid with a sheepsfoot blade, but it was cut down to Barlow-size. But it uses the same bone. The sheepsfoot blade is my favorite profile for most jobs--you can't accidentally stick something with it if cutting in an emergency (like cutting a seatbelt), but there's still a tip.
Klein/Kutmaster from the factory typically look pretty cheap. Throw in 20-30 odd (some nearly 50!) years of use, and EWW! They don't age well at all. About half of mine were EDCs of family members/friends who were coal miners; and typically used them hard; as they were work-issued. I've got a nice Klein hawkbill, as well as a well used, but still decent condition Kutmaster that has no lock--I'm thinking about having those redone in stag. The lock-free Kutmaster is sleeker, and better made than the Klein; despite coming out of the same factory.
Klein/Kutmaster from the factory typically look pretty cheap. Throw in 20-30 odd (some nearly 50!) years of use, and EWW! They don't age well at all. About half of mine were EDCs of family members/friends who were coal miners; and typically used them hard; as they were work-issued. I've got a nice Klein hawkbill, as well as a well used, but still decent condition Kutmaster that has no lock--I'm thinking about having those redone in stag. The lock-free Kutmaster is sleeker, and better made than the Klein; despite coming out of the same factory.
Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Nice jobs Reverend!
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I really appreciate all of the comments. This bone looks better in person than in pictures, but the blade looks a bit worse.
I should have taken more time with it, but I was really hankerin' to finish this one up.
It is good enough for me, so I guess that is what counts. The blade has good half-stops, snaps like a bear trap, and has taken a good edge. I have been coon fingering this knife all evening!
I should have taken more time with it, but I was really hankerin' to finish this one up.
It is good enough for me, so I guess that is what counts. The blade has good half-stops, snaps like a bear trap, and has taken a good edge. I have been coon fingering this knife all evening!
Jesus is life.
Everything else is just a hobby.
~Reverand
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Great looking job, Reverend!
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Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
Looks real good, big improvement!
Re: Klein Electrician's Rehab
glad to see you back in the shop to show off your work, that turned out nice
Frank
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