All About Pocket Knives

Here is a before & After pix of a knife & sheath I just restored. I got a call from a lady who ask me if I would restore her Daddy's Knife - I was honored to do it. Long story short - The knife & sheath were total mess - I removed all the rust on the knife - put a mirror finished on the blade & then I aged the blade with controlled rusting - tighten up the leather handle - sanded the leather - buff the leather - Restored the sheath - I wanted this project to look 50 years old - - I had a display case in stock - I cut out some Silver & engraved it a little and added a couple of pix's of Dad - I'm very pleased with the way the project turned out - This gentleman put in his 25 years in the Navy - Retired as a LT Commander - then joint a police dept. were he served for many years but was killed in the line of duty last dec. - Tom

Great job Tom. I'm sure he would have been proud.

Nice work Tom! Great to see that you went the extra steps to make it look it's age and Honored one of our Countries Finest Military Folks as well as a Police Officer!

Good on you!

God Bless our Military...and Police/Fire Fighters

Tom

Well done!

Very nice Tom.. Looks great!! John

Very nicely done!!

Really nice job, Tom. Sympathy to the family.

Ray

I think this was the first time I had a customer get tears in their eye's when they picked up a project - i have done many daddy's knives over the years but this one was was really special - he was set to retire again this year! - tom

great work mate and i bet she was so happy with it, i would of loved something like this on the wall

Great job done there Tom.

Well done! Sad story, but I bet she was proud.

Extra fine job Tom. Keepin his memory alive!