All About Pocket Knives

herbva wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:23 pm I'd been hunting for a new pile side scale for this WW2 issue U.S. Navy Medical Department engineer knife for a while, but no dice. All of the scales in my parts stash were either not long enough or not wide enough or too poor of a match or were in bad condition. So, I put a post on the Knife Mechanic's Swap Forum ("Looking For A Suitable Jigged Bone Slab or Donor Knife") and Jim (Olde Cutler) immediately got back to me with a perfect match, and I just received it in the mail a couple of days ago. He won't accept anything from me, not even reimbursement for the postage! This knife was in really good shape for being around 80 years old, just missing the pile side scale (cover) and the bail. If this knife could talk I'm sure there would be a good story about what happened to that back side scale. But, so far, the knife hasn't spoken to me. (Sorry for the long-winded story.)

herbva wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:23 pm But, so far, the knife hasn't spoken to me. (Sorry for the long-winded story.)

herbva wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:23 pm I'd been hunting for a new pile side scale for this WW2 issue U.S. Navy knife...