All About Pocket Knives

Reverand wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:02 am I rehandled this Imperial Diamond Edge folding hunter in Armadillo for a customer. Also drilled a lanyard hole in the knife at his request. Upon disassembly I was surprised to find that this knife was Swinden-keyed, so it was either made by Schrade on contract, or it was made after Schrade bought Imperial.
I think that it turned out nice, and I hope that the owner is satisfied with it.
As usual, the video should be up within a couple of weeks.

Reverand wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:02 am I rehandled this Imperial Diamond Edge folding hunter in Armadillo for a customer. Also drilled a lanyard hole in the knife at his request. Upon disassembly I was surprised to find that this knife was Swinden-keyed, so it was either made by Schrade on contract, or it was made after Schrade bought Imperial.
I think that it turned out nice, and I hope that the owner is satisfied with it.
As usual, the video should be up within a couple of weeks.

Reverand wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:02 am I rehandled this Imperial Diamond Edge folding hunter in Armadillo for a customer. Also drilled a lanyard hole in the knife at his request. Upon disassembly I was surprised to find that this knife was Swinden-keyed, so it was either made by Schrade on contract, or it was made after Schrade bought Imperial.
I think that it turned out nice, and I hope that the owner is satisfied with it.
As usual, the video should be up within a couple of weeks.

treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:30 am Rev, before I read your post, I noticed the knife and the new handles, and immediately thought armadillo. The reason I suppose was yesterday evening we were walking around one of our ponds and there was a piece of an armadillo shell in the path. It was bleached white by the sun. They sure have an interesting pattern.
The armadillo handles really set that folding hunter off!
Question, did you find the shell to be durable?
Treefarmer

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 11:20 am

Reverand wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:02 am I rehandled this Imperial Diamond Edge folding hunter in Armadillo for a customer. Also drilled a lanyard hole in the knife at his request. Upon disassembly I was surprised to find that this knife was Swinden-keyed, so it was either made by Schrade on contract, or it was made after Schrade bought Imperial.
I think that it turned out nice, and I hope that the owner is satisfied with it.
As usual, the video should be up within a couple of weeks.

I have never seen or handled armadillo. Is the material hard like bone or more rubbery? How thick is it?

Dinadan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:53 pm

Reverand wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:02 am I rehandled this Imperial Diamond Edge folding hunter in Armadillo for a customer. Also drilled a lanyard hole in the knife at his request. Upon disassembly I was surprised to find that this knife was Swinden-keyed, so it was either made by Schrade on contract, or it was made after Schrade bought Imperial.
I think that it turned out nice, and I hope that the owner is satisfied with it.
As usual, the video should be up within a couple of weeks.

That is a very cool looking knife, Reverand. Very regional to our area, too.

As a fellow Alabamian, I expect that you are aware of the Armadillo leprosy connection. When I was young I often caught Armadillos in our woods. Now that leprosy transmission from Armadillo to human has been pretty well proven, even in Florida as well as South America, I have a bit of an aversion to touching them.