This is what the knife looked like when I received it. was fairly beaten up.
First step was to pop the old handles off, just remove the heads of the rocker and butt pins with a drmel and they pop right off, remove the handle pins from the liners with a pair of pliers.
The old handles
Then the next step was to knock out the rocker and butt pins for a total disassembly.
The rear
the rocker
It takes a bit of everything to get the pin out of the bolster, a bit of tapping, working, twisting and working everything loose, then you have a pile of dirty parts:
I cleaned everything up a bit and prepared to put it back together:
I never much cared for the driver blade of the electric knives, so I left it out.
The spare parts
I peened the heads over on the bolsters, but didn't work them down just yet, that way if the blade loosened up, I could tighten it back up easily.
The spine was pitted quite a bit:
and the right side of the blade was pitted deeply too
Now, I don't like sticking a finished blade to a sander no more than th next guy, but it would be the quickest most efficient way.
The spine afterwards:
The blade afterwards:
I sanded the blade down by hand to remove the deep scratches and worked the pins and bolsters down smooth.
Then after a few minutes preparing a set of bocote handles, I glued them on, now it's time to let it set up, I'll resume this tommorow.
BTW, in case you were wondering, no, I couldn't get it this far without cutting myself
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