A schrade 881Y

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:46 pm

I just finished this one up, a schrade 881Y with pitted and patina'd blades and dirty looking yellow hadles. I cleaned the blades back close to a factory finish and installed some pinless desert ironwood, hope he likes it

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:00 pm

You cleaned the blades back close to a factory finish.

Very good job I will add.

Even the spring is clean.
That is more than just a EDU (every day user) now my knifer friend.

Diligence · Post by **Diligence** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:24 pm

Looks great MM...I'm always amazed at how good of a fit you can get between the new scales and the bolsters.

Do you reprofile the bolsters so that the end that mates with the scale is perpendicular to the liner?...or do you just keep adjusting the scale so that it fits tight to whatever angle the bolster is at.

great job as always.

j

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:00 pm

Thanks guys.

Dill, if the bolsters are angled (just the way they made them) I leave them be and fit the scales to the bolsters.

A problem you encounter with alot of plastic handled knives, is the bolsters are roughly finished on the end, this makes fitting new scales very hard, whereas with plastic hnadles they can just heat them and press them in place to mold around the imperfections. In this case I usually true the end of the bolster up so it is at a 90 degree angle with the liner. I have had to do this on several occasions.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:01 pm

Nice job Kaleb! The blades look really good!

Dale

johnnierotten · Post by **johnnierotten** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:17 pm

Great job,that ironwood makes some beautiful scales!!

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:43 pm

Muskrat, Great job! Ironwood is one of my favorite woods.

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:35 pm

She's a looker that's for sure. Perfect piece of Ironwood for that knife. Nice work!

Hogkiller · Post by **Hogkiller** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:29 am

Thats a nice looong pull ratman. Ya did good by her i think!! Looks real nice.

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:59 am

thanks everyone!