My dad used to be a slaughter man. When he finished that job to become a grinder his knives where put in the garage where they have been for the past 40 ish years. On a recent visit he gave me two to see what I could do with them.
Fair to say they both needed a lot of work. I decided to work on the straight on first, taking the handle off and cleaning up the metal. Not an easy job. However worth it when done. The remains of the makers mark came out. The knife had been used and sharpened that many times the edge now goes through most of the mark.
Also shown above is part of an old wooden door I kept as I thought it would come in. I next made scales from that wood.
I fancied brass pins for the handles and so made some from brass eyes I had.
Next I turned my attention to a cover. The knife is scary sharp and so I decided to make a wooden surround for the blade so as not to cut through the leather. More of the old door was used with the dremal shaping the channel. I then used some thick leather to put a top on the box. Mor dremal work neatened the whole lot up.
As the blade is kept in the box I decided to use thin leather for the rest of the cover ( yep still using the old biker leathers). The join is as you can see a buckle I got in error ages ago.
I like how this has turned out. The best part is that the entire project was completed for a new outlay of £2 (ran out of super glue).
Now to start on the interesting shaped one!
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