All About Pocket Knives

I would like to say I restored this knife, but I think the best that can be said, given the abysmal condition of the knife, is that I succeeded in salvaging the knife.

This knife has been in pieces in my shop of so long that I forgot when I did get it, a few years ago at least.
I have a love for old ebony jacks and but wood on these handles was cracked and faded. The pen blade was snapped off and lost as I recall. All I had to work with was a blade, spring and the liners & bolsters with the old broken faded wood handles.

I put new ebony handles on the knife and inlaid the shield in the ebony.
Then I reassembled the knife after smoothing down the blade & spring best I could without regrinding them.

It will win no beauty contests, but it was such a solid old knife I couldn't bring myself to let it continue to lay in a box in pieces. In spite of the pits in the blade, it will still take a nice edge.

nice work orvet i really like it

Other than you telling me that it has been reworked, it looks pretty original to me.

Looks like a good honest user! Nice work there, throw it in your pocket and use the heck out of it...

Nice save Dale. I too love those old ebony jacks. Nothing quite like them when it comes to "old school".

Great save Dale! I've picked up a lot knives over the years awaiting the same treatment.......One day I suppose.

That's a very nice save there Dale!

Excellent job, Dale! Hard to beat the classic look of black and silver on a knife!

WB

Awesome stufff Dale!!

Thanks guys for your affirmative comments.

It was such an "honest user" (as Glenn said) and such a classic pattern that I could not bear to just watch it rust away.
That & I always appreciated ebony jacks. Rob was right, it is "hard to beat the classic look of black and silver" in a jack knife.

Glad y'all enjoyed lookin' at it.

You did a great job on the shield inlay! The knife looks terrific!