Restoration of a Western Knife - New Handle

[@spiv_gennedy]

Have that exact same knife. Handle was originally stacked plastic and leather washers with a notch to clear the tang. Your take looks much nicer. I was lazy and double laced mine with para cord. Looks alright but its no wood.

[@nickhale2900]

The character of the wood really popped once it was oiled, fantastic job all round.

[@adetoye50]

❤ Beautiful restoration well finished

[@oneshotme]

a great job and that handle is beautiful Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@gr8imager]

I have the same knife I found that’s in about the same shape. Thanks for sharing I’ll definitely be watching again.

[@bdh3949]

Very well done, I learned a lot from this thank you.

[@Ronrook1]

Well done! One of your best videos ever! Great job editing too. Riveting and interesting to watch from the first minute to the last.

[@geneclayton2467]

Been wanting to replace the rotten leather handle on a western knife I have had since I was a kid. Thanks for the vid on how to do it.

[@art1muz13]

WHAT, NO BLOOD!?? WHAT-EVER......., YOU DID THAT KNIFE PROUD! GREAT JOB! THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

[@teammosin9999]

Nice work! That turned out beautiful! I have a Western hunting knife, similar to that. MIne has the stacked leather handle. This video gave me a good idea of how I'm going to have to make the leather washers for a new handle. Thank you.

[@danmartin8414]

I bought that very same Western knife at K-Mart almost 50 years ago - and still have it and the sheath. Pretty cool to see how it all goes together.

[@dougbrown9861]

Ditto. I’ve had mine just about that long too.

[@davidcoats1037]

Great job. Beautiful handle! 👌🏼

[@ironwolfF1]

A most excellent job of giving an elderly knife a second life. 👍 And while the deep pitting on the blade gives it character, sadly, it will become the home for new rust unless that knife is diligently cared for.

[@ozarked2363]

I've had a few like that. When you start cleaning them up it becomes obvious that you will not be able to grind out all of the pitting and still have a useful blade. I soak them in Evapo-Rust and then cold blue them.

[@dualsportoutdoors]

My grandpa passed on an old Western hunting knife. It's still in decent shape other than needing a new handle because the guard and leather strips are loose

[@mirelbanica1964]

Boss, y are...a true Boss. Respekt!

[@normajeancaballero7959]

Amazing difference in the before and after. 👍😎👍😎👍😎👍

[@ArmandoLoni]

Yes, that was a lot of hard work. I like that the blade still has pitting - it's part of the character 😄🛠️👍🏼

[@Zenithstudios5274]

Hell of a job! Looks amazing!

[@jamesla412]

I just got almost the same Western knife and I have to replace the original stacked leather handle. Thanks for this video. I wanted to know how it was put together before it came in the mail I think I’m just going to replace it with new leather stacking.

[@skoalonguys6788]

Very satisfying. Great restoration work and video! 👍🏻 Super relaxing to watch!🤟

[@feedingmymakermonkey246]

Beautiful result!

[@diyresttube]

beautifull knife design plus a good handle..excellent work sir.

[@paulangerhofer5035]

Love the handle!

[@GT_Racer347]

Pleasantly surprised at the result. 👌

[@tyler3329]

Great stuff THR!! Loving your work!

[@TwoHandsRestorations]

Much appreciated!

[@ozarked2363]

That was a very nicely done restoration. I had one of those back in the late 70's. It didn't survive college I lost it on a camping trip. I don't know how or where. It just wasn't to be found when I unpacked.

[@armandbrunette9291]

Great job!!

[@samanthazeiger1553]

4:35 does anyone remember that really weird phase on youtube when everyone was heating up knives to a red hot temp and then cut up a bunch of different stuff? That's what that reminds me of lol Anyways, great work! So pleasing to watch

[@Tipi_Dan]

Perhaps people wanted to see if they really did cut "like a hot knife through cheese"?

[@MrMonkeyfarmer1]

Great channel hope all is well. Come back soon and do your work it's awesome!

[@CuttingEdgetools]

Nice Work. I would have left the original Pommel on. Cleaned the blade with my industrial wire wheel. And custom wrapped the handle with green Para-chord. Those make great Bushcraft Knives.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

At the *cutting edge* of quality ! Nice video =)

[@fourkings7897]

That's beautiful

[@TheFabrik]

Wow ! 😳👍🏻 Subscribed

[@reubenrodriguez6219]

Well done guy.

[@Empok_Nor]

I have a old knife that could use a new handle. Good work.

[@iraqisonic9920]

أنا مشترك جديد من العراق واحب اعمالك الرائعة

[@billreyna1355]

Do another. Outstanding.

[@delagum1]

Brilliant! Fine art.

[@EmrysImmortal]

Gorgeous!

[@victorhugoaranedabustos4880]

Presiosa pieza, exelente restauracion👍🇨🇱

[@normahutton1560]

The handle outshines the blade

[@randyblackburn9765]

Hah ! I said to myself this restoration is too long to watch I’ll just swipe thru it , and then I must have been mesmerized because sat thru it to the end , it came out good, sure was a lot of work for a knife that cost $3.25 in1965 but then again it will last 100 or more years if taken care of

[@wizardofahhhs759]

I have a very similar Western skinner, they're virtually indestructible knives.

[@battleshipoverland8677]

It would be awesome if you made a nice sheath for the knives too. That would be interesting to see

[@FunnySurpriseToys]

Hey Friend! You're brilliant! 👍 168

[@ditzydoo4378]

The pins are riveted, center punch followed by a drill bit of the same diameter to shear the head off then drive them out. Evapo-Rust to remove deep rust. To lower the pits, clap to a block of wood longer than the blade, rap a piece of 60 grit to a rubber sanding block and work tip to heel. The sanding belt takes way to much material off at once. switch to 120 then 240 and final 600. finish using a cotton polishing wheel and metal polishing rouge sticks to achieve a mirror finish. apply Renaissance micro-crystalline wax to steel to seal and prevent rusting.

[@TwoHandsRestorations]

added Renaissance micro-crystalline wax to my Amazon cart

[@ditzydoo4378]

@@TwoHandsRestorations excellent. It does wonders. It was developed by the British museum to preserve all manner of items as listed on the container. to apply, use either an ultra soft toothbrush, or your finger after gloving up with either nitrile, or vinyl gloves. and only a bare minimum is needed to cover a surface, allow drying time 5-minutes then lightly buff.

[@johnnorman7708]

I have some knives that need a similar overhaul. I kind of falter when I realize there is more labor involved here than most average knives are worth in $$. That's gotta be a real labor of love. Edit. Brass is so much better than aluminum for guards and pommels. I like the classic 20th century look of stacked leather and aluminum, but brass is still the best material.

[@BrothersRestorationIndustry]

Good joob 🌹👍

[@davidcox2264]

Great job

[@richardhatt6541]

If you put the Sanding straps behind the metal strip it works better to tear off. Try it.

[@wardigger36]

Не стоило делать термичку заново,не знаешь ведь что за сталь

[@naths1229]

very nice

[@JustinLaFleur1990]

Look into a product called Evapo-Rust it's really good at removing rust, you can also boil it to convert it.

[@tracyhawley8829]

Very nice

[@josepcb2882]

Lo mejor para quitar el óxido es el cepillo metálico o sumergirlo con salfuman. Saludos desde Barcelona Catalonia

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

Put a bevel with the belt sander then go to a sharpening stone

[@grahamparr3933]

Nice one son👍👍

[@ElTelBaby]

@ 0:58 When they don't come from one side... Try attacking them from the other side...

[@TwoHandsRestorations]

I didn't think of that. Next time I will.

[@brianjohnson1519]

They’re steel rivets, not pins. You have to drill them out. You’ll never get them out with just a punch.

[@ElTelBaby]

@@brianjohnson1519 ... Correct they R;... but some R ever so slightly tapered...

[@ozarked2363]

@@ElTelBaby Looked to me like they were peened.

[@ElTelBaby]

@@ozarked2363 Thats it... Peened;... I just couldn't remember that word... Rivets with spiral shafts;... shanks

[@thisisrestoration1983]

Good job, good content at all.Greetings from Germany

[@joseluizmariote6640]

amazing

[@IrishLion-re8bu]

Where have you gone sir?????

[@mikehicks8064]

Those pins were flared on both sides from being hammered in. Should have pre-drilled a small hole in one side to allow the metal to collapse as the punch drove it through.

[@thisisrestoration1983]

Well done bro! Maybe knifes also interesting for my content😁.Greetings!

[@chuckcorris2392]

Nice!

[@mehmettasdemir7877]

Süper 👏👏👏👏♥️

[@nathanadrian7797]

I cringed when you cut the rear bolster off, but you sure did a great job of replacing it! Did you ever retemper the knife or did you just leave it oil hardened? Nice looking knife!

[@nycmaverick]

Nice pommel

[@remorrey]

To be honest, besides not properly tempering, the heavy grinding to get rid of deep rust pits compounds the lack of serviceability of the knife. I was interested because I have the very same knife. I wouldn't take this one in the field. Handle looks nice, however.

[@airdrop1670]

Muratic acid 3 parts water , one part acid will eat the rust off but not the steel .

[@francisfruscalzo]

It's a very good job, but you must to build the sheath now.

[@rudygranado8692]

Wow

[@troy7124]

I need a pommel just like that,can you make one for me

[@GabrielHenrique-mh4jt]

Show!

[@chatalela]

I am sooo high now...sleepy too

[@j.a.3993]

Beautiful work. It is just a shame that nothing could be done about the pip marks.

[@LUCKYB.]

Last time I popped a butt cap on a blade I had to drill the Pins .. I ust to buy K Bars by the box load years go and do custom handles .. and sheaths when I had to . You did not need to take the temper out of that blade . Know what not bad for an amature . After taking the temper out of that steel that blade will never keep an edge but western never kepted an edge worth a quater anyway 99& of there blades were made from 1050 to 1070 carbon steel. Just steel and carbon nothing ells .. no chrominum moly or anything .

[@sergeybulychev8304]

👍👍👍

[@mushenji]

Not worth it. Just use new metal.

[@karinaleles1004]

Like👍

[@davouchi1]

Umm hello.. where have you gone? 8 months!? Wth

[@goldsmith4956]

💪👍

[@MitKilll]

…👌🏼🔪🔥

[@yedavovo6022]

Lindo...

[@chriscraft9681]

👍

[@curtisowens6413]

9:06 baby trump

[@壺義春]

元々スライドして出し入れするナイフなのかな。

[@ЛёшаНовиков-б7н]

🤨🧐🙁я думал старый нож.... Кусок дерьма из двухтысячных....

[@oatlord]

Cutting metal like a pleb. Where's your high pressure cutter?

[@oatlord]

@@matthiasweigel311 high water pressure cutter. Missed an important word. Just joking with him of course.

[@oatlord]

@@matthiasweigel311 jeez that lame joke just fell to pieces. Just terrible. Can't even get the names right.

[@ВалерийБаранюк-я7э]

Рукоятка красивая, а лезвие выбросить

[@jdelgado067605]

BSA

[@Викторкурлов-ш3м]

и стоило делать рукоядку на такое гавно только время убил а рукоять отличная молодец

[@voodoo8km]

Точно!Рукоять отличная,клинок г....

[@jasonstockler]

Sorry, but the handle looks better than the blade. Sometimes when there is just too much pitting, ask your self, is it worth it when the blade still looks like garbage after all the work you put in?

[@fourkings7897]

I think heavily pitted blades kinda look great in their own way..

[@delagum1]

@@matthiasweigel311 - yep that’s right. I have a 2003 Mustang GT I’ve put in over 10 grand in the last five years. One of the body shop guys, who removed some rust ($850) last summer asked me the same thing “Why not just sell her and buy yourself a new one?”. Peace

[@JAGAG66]

Так и не смог понять - А нах.ра!?🤔

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

11:27 SUS

[@fredbotello7486]

You can do a better job with the blade...don`t looks neat...

[@peterschrank7373]

New handle - restoration failed

[@ЯрикКузнецов-й5ъ]

огрызок от ножа

[@PyramidePharaon]

too much publicity.. unsubscribe !