Unofficial Frankenknife Thread!

[glennbad]

I know the jury is still out on an official subforum area for Frankenknives, but in the meantime, I though I'd create a thread so we can show them in their creative beauty.

For definition sake, a Frankenknife is a knife that has been assembled/reassembled using non-factory parts. These are not mod knives, where a handle material is changed, or a 2-blade is converted into a 1-blade. It would be like using a Queen blade in Remington frame. You get the idea.




Here is my contribution...a crappy Pakistan Barlow. I loved the horn handles, but the blades sucked. I use 2 Imperial blades that were in decent shape. The bolsters were hollow, so I filled them with solder. I cleaned up the liners and springs.(Apparently, those wacky Pakistan knifemakers are so busy they can't even finish off their springs at all).

It actually makes a decent EDC now.




Okay WB, I know you got some of these.

Let's see 'em.

Glenn

[orvet]

Nice Glenn, with those Imperial blades that knife should cut like a buzz saw!

Imperial always had great carbon steel even in their shell handles!

[glennbad]

Nice Glenn, with those Imperial blades that knife should cut like a buzz saw!

Imperial always had great carbon steel even in their shell handles!

That's the reason I chose to put the effort into this one. Although a little beat up, those Imperial blades did get quite sharp. Definitely made the property value go up on this one.

Glenn

[knives-are-quiet]

One I threw together real fast a while back.
The blade is from an old Colonial advertisement knife where all the other blades were broken.
I have no idea what type of knife the liners, bail & spring came from but I did have to do a lot of shaping to make the knife work.
This knife is probably made from three or four different knives.
Used some scrap ebony for the handles.
Turned out to be a nice sharp little knife I carry in my glove box.

JW

[glennbad]

JW, that ebony looks great. I bet that thing cuts like the dickens!

Glenn

[just bob]

Picked this up over the weekend for $5. I loved the frame but knew the blade wasn't right at once. The blade says Continental / NY / Cutlery Co. and the smaller blade isn't marked. This isn't listed in the book I have, maybe in Goins? Does anyone know who the original maker of the knife was?

[Bret888]

Bob, I think that is a Robeson.