All About Pocket Knives

This is my second attempt to restore a vintage pocket knife, (that took several tries to get it to an acceptable level.) I found a sturdy old Pal Blade Co. jack knife, with chipped rogers bone scales. They were once real good looking. I thought I could repair the chips with a trick I've used before. I put layers of Franklin Tite Bond carpenters glue to fill in the missing bone. This glue dries hard and has all the appearance of bone. I lost them for good when trying to pin them back on the knife, too heavy handed! I took the Pal apart, cleaned it up and re-scaled it with a novel maternal. I wanted something indestructible after the failed attempt to re use the bone scales. I found a plastic door shim in the shop and used it. This stuff is fairly easy to shape with a Dremel tool and sands well too. It is super strong and "kind of" looks like a SAK handle. It's a good user, I like the steel and shape of the master blade. This really takes practice, I only put it together back asswards twice. You can find these shims laying around any building construction site, pick up a few!

Bert

Nice fit on that one Bret. Looks like the practice is paying off!

Those shims will probably take alot of abuse.

Nice job!

Glenn

Nice job Tom!

Knife handles are where you find them!

Nice rescue operation there.

I kinda like the combination of an older vintage pattern with those modern looking handles.

Good job!

Good job Tom!!

Thanks for the comments and encouraging words. By the way is this pattern called a teardrop jack? Pal made a quality product back in the day. This one has a long life ahead still.

Tom bert

Way to stick with it, Tom! Looks great!!