Camillus Sailor Knife

[OLDE CUTLER]

I picked up this 4 1/2"Camillus last weekend at the local flea market for $5 "as is". The "as is" part is that the blade had been tipped and something really hot had come into contact with the pile side Delrin handle material. Easy enough to fix. Rehandling was done with some dyed laminated gunstock scrap. Reprofiling the blade made it look almost original.I didn't disassemble the whole knife, but removed the 2 steel spring pins, and the spring. Doing it this way one must remember to glue only one handle slab on, let the glue set, and then drill through the liner pin holes before gluing the second slab on. Otherwise you will end up painting yourself into a corner and will not have access to the liner holes. Reprofiling the blade shortened it by about 3/16", but that is acceptable.

[Beavertail]

Great job!
I can't even tell the main blade had any damage.

[dlr110]

Perfection my friend. Great job...

[Jeffinn]

That turned out great!
Jeff

[treefarmer]

Very well thought out salvage job! Looks great.
Treefarmer

[herbva]

Awesome work! I think the laminated gunstock material looks terrific on that knife.

[Reverand]

Looks great!
It is really very fulfilling to see old "scrap" knives given a new life!

[Ripster]

Nice Save!
Looks better the way you dressed it up

[rustyoldknife]

great blade grind, Knife looks factory fresh

[#goldpan]

Awesome work that old marlin spike looks great

[doglegg]

Great work OC!

[Meridian_Mike]

VERY nice work OC!

Great work on that blade. It looks nice!

I think those covers are a nice complement on that knife. She is a beauty!

[glennbad]

Wow, better than the original!