Schrade Walden 906
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:41 pm
Some time ago KJ posted a picture of an unusual Schrade Walden 906 camp knife that he had. I in turn post a similar but broken 906 model knife that I have in my bin of parts and junk knives. Orvet (Dale) was kind enough to let me know that he had a 906 blade and PM'd me asking if I would be interested in having it to use as a repair blade for the beaten up 906 that I have. Dale sent me the blade back at the end of May of this year and I finally got around to repairing the knife. The only thing that Dale asked was that I take and post some pictures of the knife when I got around to fixing it.
I have had this knife for so long I don't know where or exactly when I acquired it. I imagine it was in a larger lot that I purchased many years ago.
Being a multi-blade and having blades in both ends top and bottom was a bit of a problem. It was a little difficult to set the blades and get the two small spacers in the proper positions. I first installed the blades and spacers with a narrow diameter pin and then a larger nail that was still narrower than the needed repair pivot pin. Since the handles had shrunk the aligning was a challenge. The next issue was that I did not have the birds eye type rivets needed to set in the handles before installing a larger and appropriate size pivot pin. I ended up making the two washer type pieces from two old stainless steel cutlers rivets I found in my shop. These were the solid ends of the rivets. I first used a punch to mark the approximate center of the pins and then drilled a 1/16" into the top of each rivet and then cut the tops off with band saw. Then I chucked rivet heads in my Foredom rotary tool and turned them against some 150 grit paper until they were the correct diameter to use.
Once I had the rivets I clipped off the nail head and then placed them over the nail. I then moved the birds eye washer into the holes in the knife handles. Since I did not want to go through the process of removing the nail and then attempting to install the larger pin I turned the end of the new 1/16" nickel silver pin down to a tapered point and ground the tip flat. Then I used the new pin to drive the narrower nail out. After that it was a routine job of peening and setting the pin in the washers I had made. The liners were protruding past the handle material since the handles had shrunk. Once the blade was installed I trimmed the liners back to make the knife more presentable.
Since the blade that Dale sent me was roughly ground I put a finer glazed finish in the pile side of the blade and ground and polished the front side to a mirror finish. Lastly I cleaned up the knife and re-profiled the damaged small clip blade. Not a new knife by any means but at least a usable, working knife now.
The blade fit the knife nicely and needed no adjustment to function properly. Thanks Dale for being so kind as to send me the blade!
I have had this knife for so long I don't know where or exactly when I acquired it. I imagine it was in a larger lot that I purchased many years ago.
Being a multi-blade and having blades in both ends top and bottom was a bit of a problem. It was a little difficult to set the blades and get the two small spacers in the proper positions. I first installed the blades and spacers with a narrow diameter pin and then a larger nail that was still narrower than the needed repair pivot pin. Since the handles had shrunk the aligning was a challenge. The next issue was that I did not have the birds eye type rivets needed to set in the handles before installing a larger and appropriate size pivot pin. I ended up making the two washer type pieces from two old stainless steel cutlers rivets I found in my shop. These were the solid ends of the rivets. I first used a punch to mark the approximate center of the pins and then drilled a 1/16" into the top of each rivet and then cut the tops off with band saw. Then I chucked rivet heads in my Foredom rotary tool and turned them against some 150 grit paper until they were the correct diameter to use.
Once I had the rivets I clipped off the nail head and then placed them over the nail. I then moved the birds eye washer into the holes in the knife handles. Since I did not want to go through the process of removing the nail and then attempting to install the larger pin I turned the end of the new 1/16" nickel silver pin down to a tapered point and ground the tip flat. Then I used the new pin to drive the narrower nail out. After that it was a routine job of peening and setting the pin in the washers I had made. The liners were protruding past the handle material since the handles had shrunk. Once the blade was installed I trimmed the liners back to make the knife more presentable.
Since the blade that Dale sent me was roughly ground I put a finer glazed finish in the pile side of the blade and ground and polished the front side to a mirror finish. Lastly I cleaned up the knife and re-profiled the damaged small clip blade. Not a new knife by any means but at least a usable, working knife now.
The blade fit the knife nicely and needed no adjustment to function properly. Thanks Dale for being so kind as to send me the blade!
