in need of help

[luv2huntnd]

I am in need of help to see if a knive cane bee saved.  The knive is a old norwegen hunting knife of my dads that he lost while hunting about 18 - 20 years ago.  My dad has just recently found the knife out in the prarie again and would like it rejuvinated.  This knife has a leather handel that is partaly gone and the entire knife has a layer of rust on it.  I do not have any pics of the knife yet, but will try to post some when I have a chance.  

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Lin Rhea]

Post pictures when you can. Maybe someone here can help.

About 38 years ago I lost a small folding knife under my Dad's house when we were replacing some ductwork. I was just a young teenager in school. Last year all of us grown boys had to replace the floor in that part of the house and while shoring up the foundation etc, we found my old knife. I remembered losing it even though it was so long ago. It is kind of crusty but easily recognizable. For a kid like me, it was tramatic to lose a knife.

[luv2huntnd]

How are you able to post a pic?

[Jason Jelinek]

Get an account at photobucket.com and then get the IMG link for the picture (after to you resize it to no more than 600 pixels wide or tall).  Or you can email me at [email protected] and I'll put it on my photobucket account and add the link here.

[Ragnarok Forge]

I would skip the photo bucket idea.  The owners are rabidly anti hunting.  I refuse to use their site for that reason.  Go to imagelinky.com.  It is free and works great.  You can download your pictures by using the browse button.  Once you have the picture loaded hit the next button that pops up and it will automatically process the picture.  Once that is done scroll down and copy the entire text in the bottom box on your screen. Paste the copied entry into your post and bam! There is a picture in your post.  

Make sure to resize to no more than 600 pixels wide first.

[luv2huntnd]

lets see if this works.

 

 

 

[Bobby Urban]

I see lots of life in that knife.  I have never done stacked leather but someone could easily put some cool wood or bone scales on the handle.  Possible wood or bone(antler) you provide from a deer your father shot or something.  Then have a great sheath made and whola - like new but much better.  If you were so inclined to try it yourself a wire wheel on a grinder would clean that blade up real well and leave a rustic look.  Then get yourself a piece of nicely figured wood and carfully cut it to fit between the guard and aluminum handle butt.  You could try to leave the red and black accents in there but I would guess they may be brittle and think removing them would save some headache.  get the slabs shaped close, epoxy onto the handle and carefully finish.  You could easily add a couple semi-fo pins too.  Best thing is this would not ruin anything and someone with pro-knife making skill could still refinish it if you wanted later.  Lots of help and tutorals available here and you may be happier with DIY on something like this.  
Knife will have some mojo for sure

[Tom I.]

Here's a pic of a knife that belonged to my Dad.  It never got lost but it has been re-handle twice.  It was issued to my Dad in the USMC in 1938.  One of his NCO's removed the leather washer's and replaced them with clear plexiglass, separated by the aluminum you see now. This was probably sometime in the 40's just before he was sent to the Pacific because, he was told, that leather did not hold up well in the tropics.  About 20 yrs ago, the clear plexiglass was beginning to show rust underneath. so I removed it, cleaned up the rust, and replaced it with black HD plastic of some sort (can't remember the name right now).
The point of all this is that it's not a difficult project.  Just remove the two pins in the pommel and it all comes apart.
Tom I.

[luv2huntnd]

Bobby, thanks for the info of using a whiter wheel.  I was not sure if that would do the job good enoughf.  Like you stated, the red an black accents are brittle and some are already broken.  I was planning on using antler to replace the handle with.

Tom, How do you go about removing the pins in the pommel.

Again, thanks for the info.  I hope that I am able to get this knife put back togeather for my dad.  I still find it hard to beliebe that after loosing the knife about 18 years ago that he was able find it in the middle of our hunting grounds.

[Bobby Urban]

You could probably pound them out with a punch  or nail.  Just go easy.  then you would have to replace them if if they get beat up.  Not a real big issue, just need some more material that matches the original pins in size.