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Well I finally purchased me a 23. It was an advertising knife. Short line tang stamp which is 1946-50 I believe. It came in and I was really impressed with the size and I love Camillus quality but I did not like the scales at all. Well I took time today to change the old faded yellow advertising scales to some Wild Cherry Worm Groove bone. Please let me know what you think.

I think that turned out real nice. I like the way the edges of the handles push right up against the bolsters, there's no gap. Very well done. I would, however, recommend wearing pants if you wish to be in the pictures.

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Mike

XX Case XX wrote:I think that turned out real nice. I like the way the edges of the handles push right up against the bolsters, there's no gap. Very well done. I would, however, recommend wearing pants if you wish to be in the pictures.

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Mike

Lol Mike I was wearing a pair of Bermuda Shorts. I thought I edited all the pictures. The shop gets kinda hot sometimes.

A big improvement. And a quality job no matter what you had or didn't have on. Great work.

doglegg wrote:A big improvement. And a quality job no matter what you had or didn't have on. Great work.

Thank you.

Generally I’m not a fan of that jigging pattern, but you nailed it with the installation getting those ridges in exactly the right places and perfectly matched.
Well done!

orvet wrote:Generally I’m not a fan of that jigging pattern, but you nailed it with the installation getting those ridges in exactly the right places and perfectly matched.
Well done!

Thank you Dale. I did not know if I was going to like the worm groove myself. I have to say I do like it and the more I handle it the more I like it. I have really fell in love with the 23 pattern also. I will be on the look out for more to add to my accumulation pile. The size of the 23 is the reason I think the worm groove works so well. A smaller more narrow pattern I don’t know if It could pull off the worm groove or not. Thanks again for your input it is always greatly appreciated.

Landersknives wrote:Lol Mike I was wearing a pair of Bermuda Shorts. I thought I edited all the pictures. The shop gets kinda hot sometimes.

I imagine it does, especially during the Summer months. And very nice work on those handles. The one thing that that really gets under my skin are gaps between the handle and bolster. Yours turned out very well, I can see no space in between. That's precision. Nicely done Sir.


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Mike

doglegg wrote: a quality job no matter what you had or didn't have on.

Now that's funny!! Gotta love it.


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Mike

The new handles look GREAT on that 23! I have one like your original that I need to customize.

Wonderful upgrade. Great job matching the covers in each side.

royal0014 wrote:Very knice. I like the matched scales.

Thanks Chris.

OLDE CUTLER wrote:The new handles look GREAT on that 23! I have one like your original that I need to customize.

Thanks. I would love to see how you customize your 23.

Tony_Wood wrote:Wonderful upgrade. Great job matching the covers in each side.

Thanks very much. All your comments are greatly appreciated.

That's looking good! The cover material choice is appropriate.

Nice one!

glennbad wrote:That's looking good! The cover material choice is appropriate.

Nice one!

Thank you very much Badman.

orvet wrote:Generally I’m not a fan of that jigging pattern, but you nailed it with the installation getting those ridges in exactly the right places and perfectly matched.
Well done!

You beat me to the punch. I to am not normally a fan of that handle material design but on that 23, it looks GREAT. Good job too.

jerryd6818 wrote:

orvet wrote:Generally I’m not a fan of that jigging pattern, but you nailed it with the installation getting those ridges in exactly the right places and perfectly matched.
Well done!

You beat me to the punch. I to am not normally a fan of that handle material design but on that 23, it looks GREAT. Good job too.

Thanks Jerry.

I think your knife looks great. Very nice work.

Here's a short line 23 like yours in smooth bone and a long line in canvas Micarta.

These 23s are hard to beat.

Ed, that knife is great. You better watch it. You keep posting pictures of your work and you'll have more work than you have time for. I think I'll gather up a few projects for you. Great job.

FRJ wrote:I think your knife looks great. Very nice work.

Here's a short line 23 like yours in smooth bone and a long line in canvas Micarta.

These 23s are hard to beat.

Joe those are great looking 23s. The canvas micarta looks really good. Thank you for the compliment on my knife.

espn77 wrote:Ed, that knife is great. You better watch it. You keep posting pictures of your work and you'll have more work than you have time for. I think I'll gather up a few projects for you. Great job.

Thanks Keith. I appreciate your kind words. Projects sounds interesting.

Ed.... great job on the handles!!
The color is great... the pattern is great..... all around, a really great looking knife! I know you are proud to show it around.
(I didn't get into studying the reflection on the bolsters..... I am not the detective Mike is.....LOL)

Meridian_Mike wrote:Ed.... great job on the handles!!
The color is great... the pattern is great..... all around, a really great looking knife! I know you are proud to show it around.
(I didn't get into studying the reflection on the bolsters..... I am not the detective Mike is.....LOL)

Thank you very much for the accolades. I am very happy with the way it turned out. I took the picture of my Bermuda shorts and legs off so I wouldn’t scar anyone but Mike for life. Lol Transforming a old neglected piece of cutlery history always makes me happy. I really enjoy all the comments and thoughts from my friends here at AAPK.

Well done

Nice to see you post on this thread, Kaleb.

Kaleb rehandled my two 23s. He did a great job!
Thanks again, Kaleb.

muskrat man wrote:Well done

Thanks very much Kaleb. I appreciate it.