Deconstruction

[upnorth]

Having taken a few knives apart, I am familiar with cutting the pins with a slim tough blade tapped through, but I don't know what to make of a Swinden key!!
So I have two questions. I thought I would attempt to rehandle a knife, and thought this simple barehead jack would be a good candidate. Is it a standard pinned knife?? I can't find any sign of a rivet in the bolsters.
If it is a "keyed" knife, how do I take it apart without ruining it??
Thanks in advance,
Charlie "Thumbs"

[knifeswapper]

I would just grind down the pins to pull the covers off and take out the two pins. Then either way you will know how the pivot is made.

[muskrat man]

It's swinden I recently rebuilt a couple of those florist knives. I would take a dremel and carefully remove the heads of both rocker and butt pins on one side and tap out the other side with a pin punch, then slide a thin bladed knife underneath and pop the handles loose v(the will still be one handle pin holding them on) and if done correctly you will have a set of surplus scales that you can use in the future and a knife with no damage ready to be rehandled. Good luck

[upnorth]

Couple more questions, Kaleb, if you don't mind;
If I take the rocker and butt pins out, where's the other pin you mention?
How is the bolster end of the handle fastened? Looking at the still together knife, it looks like the plastic should be curling back from the bolster area???

[muskrat man]

aye, now looking at the picture I see it doesn't have a scale pin like I had first assumed (the third pin I spoke of doesn't actually exist on this particular knife) The handle is probably molded into the liner, camillus done this alot on thier knifes as well. Just slide a thin bladed knife under it and pry the handle off. It should bust away fairly easy, if not shear through it like you would a pin.

[upnorth]

Thanks Kaleb!