"Old Knives"

I posted some pictures of this Union Cut Co Stockman last week. I just spent a relaxing hour or two fettling it into usable shape, hopefully without losing much of its vintage character and spirit.

I shaped a point back on the main blade, and sharpened out the chipped edges. There's one big chip on the spey blade, but I left that alone, not wanting to remove so much metal. I oiled the joints and all three blades have a nice quiet little snap and not a hint of blade wobble. Into my pocket it goes. 😎

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Nice Job on that old beauty R8shell.
Don’t those old ones Sharpen up nicely!

The knife looks like a real nice user! That little Sheepsfoot looks to be a great wee user as well!

I put an edge on a very old I*XL Barlow I picked up a while ago- the end of the Blade tip was literally “ corkscrewed “ as it had been used as leverage, it was so side angled I still am fascinated how the tip didn’t snap off.

Took it back to a nice shape and then took it to the stones, man do those old Blades Sharpen up so much easier!

Nice to see a new lease of life on a great old Knife R8shell.
 
Un-Chained said:
That’s lookin’ real sharp now r8shell !
and a sweet preservation of metal :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Thanks! I didn't want to grind too much away. The main is noticeably narrower, but I like it. I wonder what someone was cutting to chip the edge like that. It was practically serrated!
Campbellclanman said:
Nice Job on that old beauty R8shell.
Don’t those old ones Sharpen up nicely!

The knife looks like a real nice user! That little Sheepsfoot looks to be a great wee user as well!

I put an edge on a very old I*XL Barlow I picked up a while ago- the end of the Blade tip was literally “ corkscrewed “ as it had been used as leverage, it was so side angled I still am fascinated how the tip didn’t snap off.

Took it back to a nice shape and then took it to the stones, man do those old Blades Sharpen up so much easier!

Nice to see a new lease of life on a great old Knife R8shell.
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Thanks, the steel is on the softer side, which made sharpening go much faster than I expected. The very tip of the sheepsfoot blade was bent, either from prying or being dropped. I didn't want to risk snapping it off by trying to bend it back, so I just kinda sharpened it out.

It should hold up well to light duty, like opening letters and cutting bits of string.
 
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My grandmother has decided to move back to New York from Florida. In the bottom of a trunk that belonged to her dad I found this old Robeson. The blade has a bit of side to side play, and it had some red oxidation that I buffed off with some 0000 steel wool and hoppes gun oil. The action is still excellent, and it has beautiful (at least in my eyes) jigged bone covers.
 
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