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My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:21 pm
by orvet
I have been trying to ease my hand back into knife work after the surgery. It is a slow process and is taking longer than I anticipated. I have been reworking some fixed blades. But this is the first slipjoint I have modified from start to finish since I had surgery. I don’t trust my hand yet to do too much detailed work on someone else’s knife (I hate to screw up a customers knife), so I started with a Camillus TL-29.
I took out the screwdriver blade, removed the bolsters and replaced them with long brass bolsters like a Barlow. I file worked the backspring and continued the pattern up onto the blade. I grooved the bolsters and filed the crown. The handle is dyed camel bone.
I need to get some good pics, but took these scans for now.
Your comments welcome.
Thanks,
Dale
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:28 pm
by orvet
Humm…
My apologies.
I am not sure how to shrink the pics down to a reasonable size.
Being that large sure shows up the flaws.
Dale
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:29 pm
by MrBlister
WOW Dale...... I TRULLY am impressed.....
Lemme see here?....... He does THIS great work wounded...
CANT WAIT to see how well ya do healed....LOL
That is simply gorgeous...
Think I'll go a L@@kin for sumpn to send ya, to get customized.
regards..... Blister
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:26 pm
by philco
I think it looks great!!
I did not realize, however that the TL-29 was such a
LARGE knife!
Glad to see your recovery has progressed to the point you are able to do excellent work once again.
Phil
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:50 pm
by useem
Good to see you "back in the saddle"
And already off to a great start.
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:38 am
by popedandy
Glad to see the recovery is coming along so nicely. That's some nice looking work. Good luck getting back up to 100%.
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:20 am
by Darksev
must be good to get back into it, even just a little
That looks fantastic to me Dale!
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:37 pm
by Diligence
Looks great Dale.....that sure makes it look like a different knife! Good job on the bolster work. Not too fancy, but just enough to dress it up without overdoing it. I like it!
j
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:20 pm
by muskrat man
don't look like it has affected your handiwork too much, like the crown job on the bolsters, sweet.
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:45 pm
by orvet
Thanks guys.
I appreciate all your kind comments and critiques.
Dale
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:11 pm
by Oman
Dale, that is pretty cool. Nice work and I want one.
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:19 am
by DaveT63
VERY NICE work, Dale!!!
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:38 pm
by fergusontd
Great job Dale! Beautiful knife!
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:31 am
by Chase
Wow------
Great work there Dale, I'm very impressed!
Is that little fella looking for a new home............possibly on the east coast?
Glad to see you are at least up to doing the rework.........that says alot in of itself. Glad you're back at it!
Tom
Re: My first rework since hand surgery
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:09 am
by orvet
Of course Tom.
After all he was born in New York.
It will save me the trouble of listing it in my store.
Give me a call.
Dale