Craftsman 9470 Stockman refresh
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:01 am
I failed to take "before" pictures of this knife.
My brother-in-law handed it to me last month (we have a monthly dinner at my parents house), and he asked me if I would repair it for him.
The knife had belonged to his father, who passed away many years ago. He found it in the house after his mother passed away two years ago. Of course it has great sentimental value to him.
The main and coping blade were both tipped, both small blades were badly worn, and there was a chip missing from the front handle. The small blades had some heavy rust and were difficult to open.
I did not have to disassemble the knife.
I patched the handle, cleaned and reshaped all three blades. I removed as much of the rust as I dared, but there is some deep pitting left. After some good soaking in mineral oil, all three blades have good walk and talk!
The spey was worn so oddly that I reshaped it into a small clip blade (it was almost that shape already!), and the coping blade was reshaped into a spey.
The color on the handle patch is the best job that I have done so far. The jigging is not as smooth as I would like, but I wouldn't notice it if I hadn't done it myself.
The last picture compares it to a similar Craftsman 9470 that I often EDC. I enjoy mine, except the handles are much uglier than his. The color on mine has an odd pink hue that I don't like, but haven't replaced yet.
My brother-in-law handed it to me last month (we have a monthly dinner at my parents house), and he asked me if I would repair it for him.
The knife had belonged to his father, who passed away many years ago. He found it in the house after his mother passed away two years ago. Of course it has great sentimental value to him.
The main and coping blade were both tipped, both small blades were badly worn, and there was a chip missing from the front handle. The small blades had some heavy rust and were difficult to open.
I did not have to disassemble the knife.
I patched the handle, cleaned and reshaped all three blades. I removed as much of the rust as I dared, but there is some deep pitting left. After some good soaking in mineral oil, all three blades have good walk and talk!
The spey was worn so oddly that I reshaped it into a small clip blade (it was almost that shape already!), and the coping blade was reshaped into a spey.
The color on the handle patch is the best job that I have done so far. The jigging is not as smooth as I would like, but I wouldn't notice it if I hadn't done it myself.
The last picture compares it to a similar Craftsman 9470 that I often EDC. I enjoy mine, except the handles are much uglier than his. The color on mine has an odd pink hue that I don't like, but haven't replaced yet.
