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Hallo knife makers! I wan't to show my latest knifemaking / restoration for one lady. She gave me a vintage USSR made stainless knife blade, with lost handle scales.
I take it to restore (clean, put a new handle, sharpen it and make a sheath).
Here what I made 
Handle is made out of two differnt types of wood oak (in the middle) and pine tree
I broke more than three handle scales. Problem was a very flexible blade and handle part. When handle scales are made out of wood and wood grains are going lengthways, than when blade is flexing, handle scales don't flex and near the pins you get a crack. I broke this way two handles. Than I take an oak scales, grains are going breadthways to knife (I hope you understand what I mean) and glue them with pine tree scales and glue them on blade.
Than different grain direction and glue hold blade much better and don't allow to flex so much in handle part.
Drill holes for pins and glue them inside. When handle was glued I shape the handle like the original scale was shaped on blade. Than I take a linseed oil and make oak more interesting. I don't put linseed oil on pine tree, because pine tree is getting more red. When handle was finished I steep handle into the lacquer. After 24h handle was ready! I know it isn't best job, but it it is the best what I could do on that knife. Shaping was near nightmare, because I don't have a dremel tool, or something what I can use for details, I was doing everything with my drill machine and flex sanding disc.
To make knife more usible I make a sheath out of Italian high quality leather and add some bushcraft options :) All leather piece what I had I use it for sheath. Main thing was a sheath it self, to make it more interesting I left a pocket (place where firesteel striker is hidden). There could be placed a pocket knife, fisshing accesories, some fire wod sticks or else something. Firesteel: When I go to the nearest hunting/fishing... store for firesteel, I found only the smallest light my fire by Sweeden, I buy it and blace it on side of the sheath. Unfortunately I was planing to put there larger firesteel so that loop was too big for small one and I was need to stich it smaller. If owner will buy bigger one, he can easy rip open the stich and put larger one!
Okay, I hope you like what I done! Please comments and suggestions!
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Permalink Reply by Robert Burris on
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Great job, Ivars, one day you may be a knife maker.
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Permalink Reply by Smiling-Knife on
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That looks great. I like the contrast of the two different woods. Knice work.
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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Pete Schmidt on -
Beautiful handles on the knife! They really look good together.
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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on -
Ivars,
Awesome fix to a wood scale issue and it came out just beautiful
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Permalink Reply by IvarsDay on -
Thank you guys! Its really took extra much time to make it, but its really interesting experiance to make something what you never done before! Unfortunately I don't know whats happening with that knife today, how handle is holding on blade, how the laque is holding on wood, how sheath is working, etc..
I hope everything is good with it. Unfortunately Jan, my knifemaker plan dosn't working, because I don't have a place where to make my knives, I don't have so much free time to make knives like before and I need to buy a good belt grinder what needs a good place to carry it, so all that I haven't and my knifemaker skills are puted on bookshelf for uknown time. Maybe I will make some carving knives and I hope some tools too, but not so often like before. I will continue restore old vintage knives because it don't need any special tools and place to do this.
Any way thank you guy's and time will show what will I do and who realy I will be - just collector and fan or knife maker / collector.
Best regards,
Ivars -
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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Alexander Noot on -
Only just realised that I never commented on this. I love the scales on that thing Ivars. I think you did a really good job on those.
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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on
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Well you seem to be doing very well with the re-handling Ivars. Folks that can make an old knife new are just as important in our world as the ones that can create one.
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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by chipmonk on -
I like the job you did on the old blade. It was in need of help it sounds like. If the owner likes it, she should take good care of it. Ivars I just wanted to say I’m sorry for not being a part of the group. I truly thought I would have more time.
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