texashuntingforum.com logo
Main Menu
Advertisement
Affiliates
Advertisement
Newest Members
TraeMartin, Beatixre, MooseSteed, Trappernewt, casyoo
71987 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
dogcatcher 110,788
bill oxner 91,416
SnakeWrangler 65,413
stxranchman 60,296
Gravytrain 46,950
RKHarm24 44,585
rifleman 44,461
Stub 43,764
Forum Statistics
Forums46
Topics536,988
Posts9,719,174
Members86,987
Most Online25,604
Feb 12th, 2024
Print Thread
Revivals #6904786 10/01/17 03:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
Anyone else into reviving old knives?

I found a few in my Dad's wood shop after he passed and have decide to start working on them.



Top to bottom they are:
Unmarked (very faint Made in USA) 6"
Ontario 7"
Ontario 7"
Case XX 5 1/2"
Ekco Forge 9"
Ontario 9"


Last edited by 9x19; 10/01/17 03:26 PM.
Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6904795 10/01/17 03:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
Well, I took the tape off the Case knife's handle and found both scales split and one rivet missing. New tape would work I guess, but I decided to just put a new handle on it. Here it is after and with a cheap sheath. Still need to finish sharpening it. I think it will make a fine camp knife.


Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6904859 10/01/17 04:42 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 17,117
MikeC Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 17,117
That will work, I revive old kitchen knives pretty often.


www.connerknives.net

In every old body lives a young person wondering what the hell happened!

[Linked Image]
Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6905726 10/02/17 03:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
I got a bit sidetracked from the bigger knives, and I'm working on a 1960s W. German steak knife now... Found an old set (satin lined case that was falling apart) in my Dad's house last year when he passed away. Started out as a set of six, but one was missing and one had a mangled handle (stag) looked like it might have fought with a garbage disposal.


Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6905729 10/02/17 03:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
I'm thinking it will make a great little bird/small game knife (with a slightly shortened blade~it's 4 1/2" now), but the tang is rather tiny, so haven't decided how to put a new handle on it yet. I don't imagine it will see any hard use if used on small game, so the tiny tang is probably sufficient.


Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6905736 10/02/17 03:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
Here it is with the handle material (1" round) epoxied on and the blade trimmed. Need to shape both.


Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6905738 10/02/17 03:30 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
Rough blade profile is done (not finished), but this handle material is tuff stuff. (UHMW Polyethylene)
Going to have to mill it down some before the final shaping.


Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6905741 10/02/17 03:31 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
After a bit of milling... lots to do still, but it's getting there.


Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6906586 10/03/17 12:44 AM
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,308
P
Precision_Shooter Offline
Pro Tracker
Offline
Pro Tracker
P
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,308
Nice work!

Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6907095 10/03/17 01:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 150
O
oaktreeplanter Offline
Woodsman
Offline
Woodsman
O
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 150
Sounds like a worth while project to restore your dad's old knives. Let us see 'em when you're done.


"They will be called oaks of righteousness"
Isaiah 61:3
Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6908286 10/04/17 11:17 AM
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 8,252
D
Dave Davidson Online Content
THF Trophy Hunter
Online Content
THF Trophy Hunter
D
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 8,252
I drop by estate sales and head for the kitchen to see if I can find that stuff.


Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
Re: Revivals [Re: 9x19] #6908704 10/04/17 05:10 PM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
9
9x19 Online Content OP
Pro Tracker
OP Online Content
Pro Tracker
9
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,322
You might like this one then... it's marked "Foster Bros 1962" with a large "U.S." above that, has about a 9 1/2" blade.


Last edited by 9x19; 10/04/17 05:11 PM.
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

© 2004-2024 OUTDOOR SITES NETWORK all rights reserved USA and Worldwide
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3