As usual I forgot to take "Before" pictures, but today I finished this John Primble Belknap Barlow knife that I bought off eBay a couple of years ago. It is a model 5922, with a star below it (denoting that it was manufactured by Boker USA). It had a weird problem with the Main blade. When closed, everything was fine. When opened, however, the Main flopped loose and the backspring was sunken in badly.
I took it apart and discovered that there was a piece broken off of the back of the tang. There had to have been a flaw in the steel, a crack that allowed the piece to break off later.
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I soldered a piece from a broken backspring, and ground it to fit. If this was on the end of a tang, such as a blade that has worn out, I would not expect this to stay. But with it being on the backside of the tang I have hopes that it will remain secure.
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- Marked the line of solder.
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The plastic handles broke, so I tried some bone that I had sawed up and tried to dye. I found quickly that the dye did not penetrate (though I used a vacuum chamber), but I still like the look. The video should be posted in the next week or two.
The Main scale has the "soupbone" groove...
...while the Pile side scale was left smooth.
Jesus is life.
Everything else is just a hobby.
~Reverand
