All About Pocket Knives

Well, I wasn't gonna let it beat me, so I grabbed some grub and headed back out to the shop. Here is what I've got so far.

This is what the knife looked like when I received it. was fairly beaten up.




First step was to pop the old handles off, just remove the heads of the rocker and butt pins with a drmel and they pop right off, remove the handle pins from the liners with a pair of pliers.


The old handles



Then the next step was to knock out the rocker and butt pins for a total disassembly.

The rear


the rocker



It takes a bit of everything to get the pin out of the bolster, a bit of tapping, working, twisting and working everything loose, then you have a pile of dirty parts:


I cleaned everything up a bit and prepared to put it back together:


I never much cared for the driver blade of the electric knives, so I left it out.


The spare parts


I peened the heads over on the bolsters, but didn't work them down just yet, that way if the blade loosened up, I could tighten it back up easily.

The spine was pitted quite a bit:


and the right side of the blade was pitted deeply too


Now, I don't like sticking a finished blade to a sander no more than th next guy, but it would be the quickest most efficient way.

The spine afterwards:


The blade afterwards:


I sanded the blade down by hand to remove the deep scratches and worked the pins and bolsters down smooth.


Then after a few minutes preparing a set of bocote handles, I glued them on, now it's time to let it set up, I'll resume this tommorow.


BTW, in case you were wondering, no, I couldn't get it this far without cutting myself

Nice, MM. I like seeing the progress shots, very informative.
The nail nick is not going to line up with the E-Z opening, is it?

Nasty little cut. Better get some alcohol on it, or in you.

Have a great holiday,
Richard

Hi Richard, No they won't line up, no worry though, I've done several others like this and they are hardly noticeable.

WEll, Here it is finished. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to work on this one Rich.

from blood to a finished knife? is that all there is to it? c'mon mm, show the other pics.

no pics inbetween that, sorry. It was too dark to get any .

ok, next time we would like to see your hafting process and finish work on the blade. that old case looks mighty fine now, good work.

Good job, MM. It should make for a great carry.

Great work MM!

That one must not have wanted to cooperate. It looks much better now. ...whether it likes it or not!

Bryan

Looks good Muskrat Man.

thanks guys

muskrat man wrote: Now, I don't like sticking a finished blade to a sander no more than th next guy, but it would be the quickest most efficient way.

Oh man, I hear that or a buffer.
Excellent work, looks very nice, I don't really care for driver blades on a knife either. Nice Job!

I wear leather gloves and a filleting glove on my left under the leather when grinding or buffing a sharp blade, but I always get the cut when hand sanding, never fails Right where it is not practical to wear a glove.