I've had this old Buck 311 Trapper for a while. The main was worn, but the spey blade was worn
out.
- Before
- Tang stamp
I had thought that I would remove the spey and make it a one blade knife, then on a whim I compared some NOS Schrade spey blades that I had - and it was a pretty good fit! The nail nick is on the front (Buck secondary nail nick was on the back), but the overlap works out right to make it available.
- After
- After, with old blade
The Schrade oval shield is not a perfect fit either, but good enough for this to go into my EDC rotation!
This was a fun one that didn't take over a half hour or so to do - I only removed the pivot pin, did a temporary fit of the blade, a couple of strokes with a file, then peened it in place!
Then, of course, I let the edge of my sanding belt get into the handle and made a good groove in it. But, it has all U.S. made parts, and is still worth carrying!
Jesus is life.
Everything else is just a hobby.
~Reverand
Great way to think out of the box and save an old workhorse.