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8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:48 pm
by Darksev
wanted a carry piece, had some parts lying around. Matchstriker post-1973 8OT with a broken secondary spring. I grabbed a donor 8OT from ebay with used up blades and took everything apart.
New nickel liners with soldered bolsters, tumble finished blades, 5000 year old stabilized bog oak on the scales. Nothing super fancy, just something with carbon steel to have in the pocket
test fitting after I had everything mostly shaped and finished:
And today here at my desk in the office:
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:52 pm
by edge213
Very nice
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:25 pm
by muskrat man
can't beat it, looks like a elegant but rugged user!
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:55 pm
by kootenay joe
You have talent ! Very nicely done. I am envious of your skill. If i tried it would look like a lunker done by an 8 year old.
kj
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:41 pm
by glennbad
Clean, basic design. Sometimes that's hard to beat, no need to reinvent the wheel.
I think it looks great!
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:53 pm
by TripleF
Very impressive!!!
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:38 pm
by philco
Looks super Adam. You have an artists eye.
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:36 pm
by orvet
Very nice job Adam!
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 2:17 am
by FRJ
That is a very handsome knife.
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:12 pm
by deltaboy
Well done rebuild of an OT8.
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:15 pm
by #goldpan
Very nice Adam! Looks great
Re: 8OT - De-swinden and rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:08 pm
by Colonel26
Very nice. Great job.