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Title: old handle new blade
Post by: Gil on June 07, 2012, 01:50:00 AM

I have an old Swedish knife that I got from a surplus shop from around here(Philippines) which had a broken blade but was still serviceable.A few weeks ago, i received my order from Dryad ,aan Epic 15 ILF riser and a Helle Tollekniv blank.It first I thought of making a handle from one of my stack of Phil ironwood(kamagong)but I became lazy and looked at the old knife and decided to see if I can make it work.The handle had three small screws that held the brass"ends" in place a a large screw that surprisingly had locked the blade to the handle via small metal insert inside that tightened the handle to the blade.All i had to do was inlet the old handle to accept the new blade since the old one was very thin.

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Title: Re: old handle new blade
Post by: 2treks on June 07, 2012, 06:02:00 AM

Looks great I think. I really like the old stuff.
nice job and good thinking.

CTT

Title: Re: old handle new blade
Post by: Izzy on June 07, 2012, 12:23:00 PM

I love it man.

Title: Re: old handle new blade
Post by: Ray Hammond on June 07, 2012, 08:12:00 PM

Nice!

That riser is really radical- I like it!

Title: Re: old handle new blade
Post by: Gil on June 09, 2012, 04:48:00 AM

Thanks guys!

I am really liking the riser Ray,it has a very slim grip,slimmer than my longbows(small of the grip).

Trad Gang

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