Broken, Battered, Beat-Up, Bruised But Beautiful Old Knives

[BWT]

Howdy yall,

I just won this on the bay. You say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, well there's some beauty here! This is an old Electric Cutlery Co. knife never heard of them before but this is a beaut! Any info that yall may have would be amazing, thanks in advance!

Happy to have won this one!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years!

-Josh

Hey Josh, good luck on your project knife. I like the older knives and have cleaned up a couple of them lately and really enjoyed it especially bringing something back to a knife maybe a hundred years old.

[Pile Driver]

I have this Remington Blood Grove Whittler that I got for a few dollars a flea market, has like old plumbers cement to patch the scales. Is this knife worth doing anything to?

[msteele6]

Nice one!

[espn77]

I have this Remington Blood Grove Whittler that I got for a few dollars a flea market, has like old plumbers cement to patch the scales. Is this knife worth doing anything to?

Very nice knife Pile Driver. I think it's a R6393. I have one also but your is nicer than mine. Definately a knife worth doing some work on to bring it back.

[jerryd6818]

That's the first folder I've ever seen that has a fuller in the blade. Very interesting.

[espn77]

I have this Remington Blood Grove Whittler that I got for a few dollars a flea market, has like old plumbers cement to patch the scales. Is this knife worth doing anything to?

Here is mine.

[Pile Driver]

Interesting, yours has a different tang stamp than mine.

[espn77]

Yours is a couple years older than mine. Very nice

[OLDE CUTLER]

This is a really broken, battered, beat up, and bruised Keen Kutter stockman I bought at a gunshow for $2. What it looks like to me is this knife was used to split wood by laying the edge against end grain and hitting the back of it with a wood mallet or wooden stick. The blow broke both handles,and one of the nickel silver liners. The broken handles were repaired with pieces of other different colored handles and on the front that gray stuff is JB weld. Since I have had it I made a new nickel silver liner, transfered the bolsters, rehandled with coca bola, cleaned it up and sharpened it for EDC use.

Finally done and back to EDC use. Shocking the abuse some of these old knives had to endure.

[zed6309]

I've this one coming soon,being that I enjoy whittling I though why not

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

This was the knife that taught me not to buy cheap knives on ebay that have bad & blurry pictures. I saw this large stockman and thought to myself, "Wow a large stockman with orange bone for $15, how bad could it be?" As it turns out, pretty bad. The front wasn't so bad, and would look better with a cleaning, but the reverse & the liners...

[Tsar Bomba]

It's beat up, sharpened down, chipped, there's a strange bit of surface damage to the pile side bone, and the frame is even the tiniest bit bent. But the blades have authoritative half-stops and snap both ways (despite the slightest liner rub from the master), they are SCARY sharp, the bone is mostly intact, and the chips happened so long ago that they're just as pocket-worn as the rest of the knife. My little Bostwick Braun Co. (Toledo) pen knife:

This little fella has some stories to tell.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

This little fella has some stories to tell.

I think the only story my Case has to tell is about the day it was run over by a truck, left in the gutter and washed into the sewer...

[Tsar Bomba]

I think the only story my Case has to tell is about the day it was run over by a truck, left in the gutter and washed into the sewer...

Frankly when you showed it off I figured it would be a good carry knife. Could use some #2 pencil work in the blade well to scrape out the rust, some mineral oil on the bone, flitz on all the outside metal bitz, then perhaps a soft toothbrush and some soapy water for a final cleaning. Oil the joints and drop it right into a pocket. If the price was right you'll end up with a heck of an EDC. Give it some new stories to tell in the years ahead!

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

This one is not my knife, it's currently on ebay, but I just cringed when I saw it. I'm betting this poor little guy had a previous owner who also owned an electric knife sharpener.

[Jabb]

This one is not my knife, it's currently on ebay, but I just cringed when I saw it. I'm betting this poor little guy had a previous owner who also owned an electric knife sharpener.

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Ouch that does hurt to look at! I hope someone gives it some love with New blades and possibly new scales. I'll post some of mine in a bit!

[treefarmer]

That old knife makes me smile. It is pretty old to start with and the fact that it is worn down beyond the "quick" so to speak, tells me the owner of this knife liked his knife and he got his money's worth as evidenced by the homemade EO notch and the reshaping of the kick so it wouldn't stick him as he reached for it in his pocket. The knife is at least 54 years old and maybe as much as 74 years old according to the tang stamp. Wish I could see a full picture of it to know for sure what pattern it is.
Treefarmer

[espn77]

He sure saved the pen blade for his "special use only" blade.

[Jabb]

Howdy yall! As promised here a some of mine.

1) Utica 3 Blade Scout. I cleaned it up and put a nice edge on it.
2) No Name 4 Blade Scout. This one still needs work, big time!
3) Imperial 2 Blade Jack Knife. This knife has a broken Tang on the main blade but is still a great user.
4) Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett Barlow. Well Loved!

Hope yall enjoy!

[zed6309]

not sure if I posted a pic of the blade on my Case xx Barlow

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[Jabb]

This was the knife that taught me not to buy cheap knives on ebay that have bad & blurry pictures. I saw this large stockman and thought to myself, "Wow a large stockman with orange bone for $15, how bad could it be?" As it turns out, pretty bad. The front wasn't so bad, and would look better with a cleaning, but the reverse & the liners...

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I think you did perty good! I like it!

[treefarmer]

Josh, I tend to agree with you on 2Flowers knife. It just needs a little TLC. I suppose that knife was lost outside and the bone got chipped and the springs are rusty, could they be carbon instead of SS. Just wondering about the rust in the well? I've an older Trapper that has a stainless spring and a carbon spring.
Treefarmer

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

I am going to work on that large stockman - I just need some time and motivation to do it. I've never tried to do anything more to a knife other than just light cleaning and buffing, so the rusty well of that knife has me a bit intimidated. I just need to realize that it's just a $15 knife not a piece of the Ark of the Covenant, so it's a perfect specimen to give it a try! Any advice or links to videos or instructions would be appreciated!

[OLDE CUTLER]

CAUTION, the following pictures may be traumatic to some of you. I found this old cattle knife tangstamped Ulster Knife Co. in a box of junk. I just cleaned it up enough to see the tangstamp and the handle type and color. I was struck by the color of the covers, even tho the knife is beyond any and all help. I am calling them "Crimson Celluloid". Also another testimonial to Kroil, it only took the Kroil an hour to get this one open enough to see the tangstamp.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

This was the knife that taught me not to buy cheap knives on ebay that have bad & blurry pictures. I saw this large stockman and thought to myself, "Wow a large stockman with orange bone for $15, how bad could it be?" As it turns out, pretty bad. The front wasn't so bad, and would look better with a cleaning, but the reverse & the liners...

I spent some time working on the orange stockman. Once I got the grit out of the pivot, there is now a ton of blade play. I can also see that the entire knife is warped, giving more evidence to my suspicion that this knife was probably run over by a car. This is already getting to be above my skill level. I don't think I can handle complete disassembly, straightening and re-pinning, and I don't think the condition of the scales, bolsters and liners is worth having someone else do it. I think I have a parts knife...