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Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:25 pm
by wildcat
I got this knife a few years ago at a gun show for $5 with the intention of putting on new covers. I finally got around to it. I like this knife pattern and it is carbon steel! ::tu:: Most fishing knives are stainless. ::td:: The covers on this knife originally are a pressed on hollow metal form. The "jigged bone" is just a plastic heat shrink tubing basically. It had to go. It's sad to see these old manufactures die off. This is a fine example of a good, cheap USA made knife. There only seem to be a few manufacturers that employ sunken joints like this.

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Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:49 am
by glennbad
That came out great!

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:55 am
by wildcat
Thanks

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:50 am
by orvet
That looks good! ::tu::

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:56 am
by TripleF
Knice job! ::tu::

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:34 am
by reddirtknives
Good job! What kind of wood is that? I like it...

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:59 am
by wildcat
Thanks yall! The wood is called lacewood.

How long does a job like this take yall that have been doing this for a while? This knife took me prolly 4-5 hours. But that includes moving the sprinkler around the yard a few times and cutting out two sets of covers. The first set that i was gonna use cracked on the first peen ::dang::

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:06 pm
by tjmurphy
Nice job, it really changed the character of that knife ::tu:: ::tu::

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:11 pm
by jerryd6818
Hey, we got us another genuine knife mechanic on AAPK. When are you going to hang out your shingle and start taking orders for rehandles? Good job there Wildcat.

Re: Imperial Fishing Knife

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:34 pm
by wildcat
Im thinking on it pretty hard. I was let go from my job this week. Kids start back to school next week so it would be nice to do something that would allow me to be home when the kids are. If you have a knife that needs fixin, let me know! :)