Sabre Rebuild-Trappers to Punkin' Carver

[whitebuffalo58]

From these.

To this.

After this years traditional family pumpkin carvin' night, I decided to build my own version of a punkin' carver to use next year. If it works out ok, i'll hand it down to my son to continue the tradition. It may not be a Case Halloween Trapper, but it does have a bit more of a personal touch.
I replaced the hollow original bolsters with linen Micarta and did some filework on the blade spines and to create the serrated blade. I found that serrating is an art form in itself and one that i'll have to practice a bit more on.
Overall it turned out alright, everythings tight and operates smooth.
It may not be the highest quality knife in the world, but what else ya gonna do with a couple of junk bucket Sabres? WB

[glennbad]

Nice FrankenKnife! Those Sabre's arent't the worst knives ever made, and a shade better than most of the chinese ones.

Unique idea, and great pimpin'.

Glenn

[whitebuffalo58]

Well, thank you Glenn! Not really a bragger knife, but some good practice before I try tackling a higher end one. I figure about 300-500 more, I might have it down. Now where did I leave my big fuzzy hat and pink caddy?