Camillus Jack back to life.

Nev52 · Post by **Nev52** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:07 pm

As some of you know (Jeffinn ) sent me a box of beater knives to experiment on to build my knife repair skills. It had a Camillus Jack knife in the box that had a cracked scale and junk blades. I found a doner and made a knife from both. Not a collector's piece but a good user. It took me 4 tries to get everything right with fixing the angle back of the blade to adding tension to the springs. It's not perfect but she is a good user. Just thought I would share a picture of the knife.

Nev

Jeffinn · Post by **Jeffinn** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:19 pm

Wow, that’s a great user now!
Nicely done.
Jeff

Meridian_Mike · Post by **Meridian_Mike** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:22 pm

WOW.... great job!

That is a nice looker for sure!!

Jeffinn · Post by **Jeffinn** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:05 pm

...and your pin work looks really good!
Jeff

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:19 pm

Good on Jeff and great job by you. Lovely bone.

DM11 · Post by **DM11** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:24 pm

Nev.

Ivoryman · Post by **Ivoryman** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:40 pm

Excellent job, looks like factory bones and beauties at that. Great work and keep them coming. The world needs more knife mechanics. Thanks for showing.

olderdogs1 · Post by **olderdogs1** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:43 pm

Nice knife!! Curious how you add tension to the springs???

Tom

herbva · Post by **herbva** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:43 pm

Nice looking work Nev!

I have the same question as Tom. How are you restoring tension to the springs? I have read about and seen pictures of a procedure known as "moving the hole", but I haven't tried it yet. I have had some success with welding steel onto a spring to fill in a "divot" or depression when one has been worn in the spring, but frequently I find that the problem is more due to metal loss from the blade tangs.

Nev52 · Post by **Nev52** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:19 pm

olderdogs1 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:43 pm Nice knife!! Curious how you add tension to the springs???

Tom

Tom & Herb
This is out of the Knife repair & restoration By Adrian A. Harris
Nev

Nev52 · Post by **Nev52** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:24 pm

Jeffinn wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:05 pm ...and your pin work looks really good!
Jeff

Thanks Jeff,
I can thank you for the knife and the advice you have been giving me.

Thanks, Nev

Nev52 · Post by **Nev52** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:25 pm

Thank you all for the nice comments.

Nev

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