Unknown camper EDC
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 9:45 pm
I haven't been able to work on knives for a few weeks now, but thought I would show a restoral I did a few months ago.
It is an old, unknown camping knife that I got in a mixed box of fixer-uppers. I think it may be of German origin (see the hollow bolsters in the bottom picture).
The Main had been replaced previously with an unmarked blade. It was peened in place using a nail, and the hole in the blade was too large for the nail, creating a HUGE wobble.
I worked on it in between other projects over a few months, finally drilling all of the holes larger to match the blade. This means that the bail no longer fits, but it is more comfortable in my pocket without the bail anyway.
The handles cracked and broke (one on removal, the other on installation), so I didn't put a final polish on this knife. I put it in my pocket instead!
It is an old, unknown camping knife that I got in a mixed box of fixer-uppers. I think it may be of German origin (see the hollow bolsters in the bottom picture).
The Main had been replaced previously with an unmarked blade. It was peened in place using a nail, and the hole in the blade was too large for the nail, creating a HUGE wobble.
I worked on it in between other projects over a few months, finally drilling all of the holes larger to match the blade. This means that the bail no longer fits, but it is more comfortable in my pocket without the bail anyway.
The handles cracked and broke (one on removal, the other on installation), so I didn't put a final polish on this knife. I put it in my pocket instead!