Stag Therapy For An Old "Splitter"

herbva · Post by **herbva** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:26 pm

When this big boy 1960's "railsplitter" arrived a few days ago I was worried about what was lurking under the shrinking covers. But, I didn't think it was celluloid outgassing and after I pried off the covers and scraped off the green powdery stuff, there was no metal damage whatsoever. Just some kind of composite doing the "shrinky-dink". I used some sambar stag that I dyed with mahogany leather dye. The blades have the original factory edges and there wasn't a single sign of use or even "shop handling" marks, so it must have been hiding somewhere for 55 + years.

rea1eye · Post by **rea1eye** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:01 pm

Excellent job!

Bob

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:32 pm

What a beautiful knife you have there now, Herb.

Nice job.

Reverand · Post by **Reverand** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:54 pm

That is top-shelf!
Absolutely gorgeous!

C-WADE7 · Post by **C-WADE7** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:12 am

Wow! That made that into an awesome knife, great work.

BIGHEAD · Post by **BIGHEAD** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:18 am

Nice work.

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:42 am

Herb, I agree with what has been said.

Jeffinn · Post by **Jeffinn** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:09 am

Nice looking stag and a great save!
Jeff

OSCAR · Post by **OSCAR** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:56 am

herbva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:26 pm When this big boy 1960's "railsplitter" arrived a few days ago I was worried about what was lurking under the shrinking covers. But, I didn't think it was celluloid outgassing and after I pried off the covers and scraped off the green powdery stuff, there was no metal damage whatsoever. Just some kind of composite doing the "shrinky-dink". I used some sambar stag that I dyed with mahogany leather dye. The blades have the original factory edges and there wasn't a single sign of use or even "shop handling" marks, so it must have been hiding somewhere for 55 + years.

Fantastic work! Looks mint and the handles are definitely a major improvement. You did an awesome job on this knife.

royal0014 · Post by **royal0014** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:25 am

MAN ! that's gorgeous ! Particularly good job you did on setting the shield.

Madmarco · Post by **Madmarco** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:58 am

Fabulous save, buddy, you have some seriously mad maker skills, my friend! But I already knew that from recent events, now didn't I! lol!

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:39 pm

Very nice! What a save!

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:38 pm

Oh my, that is such a vast improvement. Beautiful work!

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