Knife Repair?

[Rancid Crabtree]

I have repaired my fair share of knives over the years but never a folder. I have always worked on fixed blade knives.

Here is a Western with a missing handle and a broken tip. The owner gave me a piece of walnut and asked that I use it for the handle.






Here is a Western with a missing handle and a broken tip. The owner sent me a piece of 50 year old Osage fence post from his granddads farm to use for the handle.



The aluminum pommel has some deep dings and scratches but I can remove them as well. The thing I found odd was that the brass finger guard has a visible notch but that is how it came from the manufacturer.



I re-shaped the blade and got rid of as much pitting as I could without wrecking the blade.



My friend asked that I use oasge for the handle. He sent along a few pieces of 50 year old Osage fence post to replace the leather of the grip.



I rehandled the knife and made him a sheath for it.












This is an olf Italian Bowie a friend found in the rafters of his barn. The sheath was rotted and the handles was damaged. It cleaned up pretty well.