Nice knife - looks worth fixing to me. I think the odds are pretty good that one of the skilled knife mechanics here can fix it without damaging the bone. If you read some of their posts in the Knife Repair forum here there are discussions about how to drill out the pins, for exactly that reason.Pile Driver wrote:The top 5/16" of the spring on the KA-BAR made swing guard for LL Bean broke off, looks like it was put away shortly after and stored improperly. I would like to get it fixed. The blade has a good amount of peppering but I'd leave it be.
What are the odds of preserving the bone if it were taken apart by a skilled craftsman? That is my one concern as the bone makes the knife
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JMO, I’m not one who possesses those skills myself.
Ken