Daddy's Knife

[Tom Hudson]

Here is a before & After pix of a knife & sheath I just restored. I got a call from a lady who ask me if I would restore her Daddy's Knife - I was honored to do it. Long story short - The knife & sheath were total mess - I removed all the rust on the knife - put a mirror finished on the blade & then I aged the blade with controlled rusting - tighten up the leather handle - sanded the leather - buff the leather - Restored the sheath - I wanted this project to look 50 years old - - I had a display case in stock - I cut out some Silver & engraved it a little and added a couple of pix's of Dad - I'm very pleased with the way the project turned out - This gentleman put in his 25 years in the Navy - Retired as a LT Commander - then joint a police dept. were he served for many years but was killed in the line of duty last dec. - Tom

[Forensic Jim]

Great job Tom. I'm sure he would have been proud.

[Chase]

Nice work Tom! Great to see that you went the extra steps to make it look it's age and Honored one of our Countries Finest Military Folks as well as a Police Officer!

Good on you!

God Bless our Military...and Police/Fire Fighters

Tom

[testcase]

Well done!

[jmh58]

Very nice Tom.. Looks great!! John

[Owd Wullie]

Very nicely done!!

[Paladin]

Really nice job, Tom. Sympathy to the family.

Ray

[Tom Hudson]

I think this was the first time I had a customer get tears in their eye's when they picked up a project - i have done many daddy's knives over the years but this one was was really special - he was set to retire again this year! - tom

[zed6309]

great work mate and i bet she was so happy with it, i would of loved something like this on the wall

[bamafan]

Great job done there Tom.

[mumblypeg]

Well done! Sad story, but I bet she was proud.

[singin46]

Extra fine job Tom. Keepin his memory alive!