All About Pocket Knives

Cletus Awreetus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:30 pm so Herb, buddy, whatcha thinkin a doin with that knife?

herbva wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:16 pm

Cletus Awreetus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:30 pm so Herb, buddy, whatcha thinkin a doin with that knife?

I think this one may be a keeper and I will park it safe and dry with the rest of my railsplitter collection and maybe let it out once in a while for some lovin and a few drops of oil. (Of course, that is always subject to change without notice.) Thanks for all of the nice compliments everyone!

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:32 pm

herbva wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:16 pm

Cletus Awreetus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:30 pm so Herb, buddy, whatcha thinkin a doin with that knife?

I think this one may be a keeper and I will park it safe and dry with the rest of my railsplitter collection and maybe let it out once in a while for some lovin and a few drops of oil. (Of course, that is always subject to change without notice.) Thanks for all of the nice compliments everyone!

Love this rehandle. Big fan of Desert Ironwood. This one turned out fantastic.
I have a question I ask out of my complete ignorance of how you did this. Did you have to take the knife apart to put a new handle on it? Or can that be done w/out taking it apart? I have few project knives I have thought about doing this same thing to, but don’t have the tools to completely disassemble and reassemble a knife with.
Thanks

herbva wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:35 pm

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:32 pm

herbva wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:16 pm

I think this one may be a keeper and I will park it safe and dry with the rest of my railsplitter collection and maybe let it out once in a while for some lovin and a few drops of oil. (Of course, that is always subject to change without notice.) Thanks for all of the nice compliments everyone!

Love this rehandle. Big fan of Desert Ironwood. This one turned out fantastic.
I have a question I ask out of my complete ignorance of how you did this. Did you have to take the knife apart to put a new handle on it? Or can that be done w/out taking it apart? I have few project knives I have thought about doing this same thing to, but don’t have the tools to completely disassemble and reassemble a knife with.
Thanks

Sharpnshinyknives, that is a very good question and I'm sure there are many opinions on this and some may disagree with me. I almost always disassemble a knife completely if I am going to replace the handle scales. I could write a whole page of reasons for this, but I will give you the first few that come to mind. To replace the handle scales you need to remove and replace the rocker (center pin), so once you have that done, it's not that much more work to disassemble the entire knife. If the scales are worn out or badly damaged, the rest of the knife likely needs attention that requires the knife to be apart to properly address. Things like replacing the end (blade) pins and removing all corrosion and smoothing out rough areas on the inside of liners where the blades pivot will cure wobble and many times restore some snap. Finally, I am very particular about getting the new scales properly attached. I use epoxy and then pin them. There is a method for pinning the scales without disassembling the knife, but I would rather have the knife apart and then can properly pin the scales with peening from the inside of the liner and then filing the peened pin heads down just flush. (If they aren't filed down flush or nearly flush, the blades sometimes snag on them.) With all that said, if I get a knife with a damaged scale that needs to be replaced, and the other scale and everything else is fine, I will replace it without disassembling the knife. i really don't like doing it this way, and feel like I can do a much better job with the knife completely apart. I am retired and work on knives for my own personal satisfaction and enjoyment. If I was doing this to make a living, or had severely limited time to do this, I would probably have given you an entirely different answer. Sorry for the long-winded reply!

herbva wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:35 pm
Sharpnshinyknives, that is a very good question and I'm sure there are many opinions on this and some may disagree with me. I almost always disassemble a knife completely if I am going to replace the handle scales. I could write a whole page of reasons for this, but I will give you the first few that come to mind. To replace the handle scales you need to remove and replace the rocker (center pin), so once you have that done, it's not that much more work to disassemble the entire knife. If the scales are worn out or badly damaged, the rest of the knife likely needs attention that requires the knife to be apart to properly address. Things like replacing the end (blade) pins and removing all corrosion and smoothing out rough areas on the inside of liners where the blades pivot will cure wobble and many times restore some snap. Finally, I am very particular about getting the new scales properly attached. I use epoxy and then pin them. There is a method for pinning the scales without disassembling the knife, but I would rather have the knife apart and then can properly pin the scales with peening from the inside of the liner and then filing the peened pin heads down just flush. (If they aren't filed down flush or nearly flush, the blades sometimes snag on them.) With all that said, if I get a knife with a damaged scale that needs to be replaced, and the other scale and everything else is fine, I will replace it without disassembling the knife. i really don't like doing it this way, and feel like I can do a much better job with the knife completely apart. I am retired and work on knives for my own personal satisfaction and enjoyment. If I was doing this to make a living, or had severely limited time to do this, I would probably have given you an entirely different answer. Sorry for the long-winded reply!