All About Pocket Knives

I wanted to bring up the subject of making replacement blades for old folding knives. I recently made my first replacement clip blade for an old Jim Dandy cattle knife from 1095 high carbon and it turned out decent. But after I finished it I got to wondering if I should have stamped something on the tang of the blade I made to signify that it was not original to that knife. I have also seen pictures of knives with replaced blades where there was a tiny hole drilled thru the tang where the stamp would normally be. Is there a correct procedure for doing this?

Nice work!

Nice looking blade!

I agree that is a nice looking clip blade. I think some folks who repair knives put a mark inside the liner to show that the knife has been apart and through their hands. If I were you I would stamp my initials on the tang of the replacement blade. That will give future collectors a real puzzle, but it will also keep them from mistaking it for a factory original that just did not get stamped.

Nice grinds on that blade!

I know Dale has an etch/stamp that he puts directly on his blades. I stamp the inside of my liners. Regardless, I agree that the knife or blades should be marked in some way.

glennbad wrote:Nice grinds on that blade!

I know Dale has an etch/stamp that he puts directly on his blades. I stamp the inside of my liners. Regardless, I agree that the knife or blades should be marked in some way.

Actually it should be said, no grinds on that blade. All done with a file. I don't have a belt sander or knife grinder. I made a filing jig as seen on Youtube by a Canadian knife maker Aaron Gough of Gough Custom Knives. Works great and very precise angle control. And it goes faster than I thought it would with a new 12" file. Also I did not polish the blade so it would blend in with the other old used blades on the Jim Dandy cattle knife, kind of a matte finish.

OLDE CUTLER wrote:

glennbad wrote:Nice grinds on that blade!

I know Dale has an etch/stamp that he puts directly on his blades. I stamp the inside of my liners. Regardless, I agree that the knife or blades should be marked in some way.

Actually it should be said, no grinds on that blade. All done with a file. I don't have a belt sander or knife grinder. I made a filing jig as seen on Youtube by a Canadian knife maker Aaron Gough of Gough Custom Knives. Works great and very precise angle control. And it goes faster than I thought it would with a new 12" file. Also I did not polish the blade so it would blend in with the other old used blades on the Jim Dandy cattle knife, kind of a matte finish.

I do my blades - mostly fixed blades but a few folder blades - with a similar hand jig it works pretty well.
Nice job on the blade and the 'long pull' nail nick not the easiest thing to do.

Derek

I tang stamp blades I make, avoids any chance of misrepresentation in the future .

nice work on the blade

Thanks for the compliments from all. I know if I was a knife pro who had to make money doing this, I would have all the latest power tools. Time is money when you have to make a living at it. I just work on my own stuff so I don't have time pressure on me and I can take my time with mostly hand tools. The long pull was cut with the Dremel tool with a thin cutoff wheel and a straight piece of scrap steel clamped to the blade as a guide. I've got another thread in the Remington section with a Remington junk knife that I might be making 2 new blades for. One is broken off and one is sharpened away to almost nothing. Would like to rebuild it into an EDC just for the halibut!