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[PapaBear]

I thought I would share this, as most of you will appreciate the work and the result.

I found this old knife in my father in-laws stuff. It was really weird and beat up and the scales (handle) were broken. So I took the handles off, buffed the blade out and sharpened it. Not shown in this pic is that I also cut off the second bolster off of the handle. Seemed pointless and didn't feel good in my big hands. .





Then I decided to make some scales for it with some carbon fiber I bought on eBay that turned out to be pretty crappy. Proceeded and made some scales and pinned them on. Sanded to 600 dry, then 800 and 1200 wet.

Turned out pretty good I think....




So I bought a Kukri style blade blank off of eBay. It's 14" long and weighs a LOT. I paid $13 for it, lol already sharpened! Same process as the other one, except I used some THICK carbon I found on eBay that was WAY BETTER. Sanded same deal, and got some AWESOME results. So, the rescue of the original knife turned into something I'm really enjoying, and it's not very expensive......thoughts?

Yeah, the bench was dirty, lol.












So, I've been on eBay, scoring some cool blade styles for $5 or so a piece for 440C stainless blades, already sharpened, including shipping. And some pretty cool wood slabs on there as well for about $8 a pair. This could be fun.....