wackyd Posted August 25, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 25, 2021 Hey again folks, picked this up from the bay recently and plan to re-handle it, in a very basic manner. Does it appear to be WWII vintage? Thanks! Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 25, 2021 Share #2 Posted August 25, 2021 Looks WW2 to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted August 25, 2021 Share #3 Posted August 25, 2021 Agree with Ron, WW2. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted August 26, 2021 Thanks yall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted September 10, 2021 Making little steps. I am a joke compared to the craftsmen who built these and to the service men and women who made do in theater, but working on something last handled 80 or so years ago is something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted September 10, 2021 Also, I know the Camillus should not have the spacers. Hopefully that will help the next generation of collectors know this ain’t original if my kids get rid of it one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted September 10, 2021 Share #7 Posted September 10, 2021 Nice save! Now you have a nice functional MK2. Thanks for showing your work! SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted September 10, 2021 Share #8 Posted September 10, 2021 OBTW wackyd, the late Tom Williams, (Camillus's official company historian), told me some years ago that nails are precisely what they used during WW2 for the pommel pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted September 11, 2021 Share #9 Posted September 11, 2021 Beautiful work. Do those disks get sanded to shape or is that done some other way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted September 11, 2021 1 minute ago, sundance said: Beautiful work. Do those disks get sanded to shape or is that done some other way? Sanded. Rough shaped (with an 18v portable belt sander) with 80 grit. I’ll move to 1000 grit to smooth it, and as it clogs up, I’ll use the clogged belt to burnish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted September 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, sactroop said: OBTW wackyd, the late Tom Williams, (Camillus's official company historian), told me some years ago that nails are precisely what they used during WW2 for the pommel pins. That is awesome to know! Thank you! I have the Pin provided with the handle kit, but the nail felt right, though what I had was undersized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted September 11, 2021 Share #12 Posted September 11, 2021 wackyd - thanks for the information. Who sells the handle kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweisse Posted September 11, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 11, 2021 https://www.kabar.com/products/product.jsp?item=1217HC Ka-Bar sells them…. $7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted September 12, 2021 17 hours ago, Edelweisse said: https://www.kabar.com/products/product.jsp?item=1217HC Ka-Bar sells them…. $7 Yep. First handle I worked on I bought a Kabar kit from EBay. The kit is cheap from Kabar, but shipping is a bit high. Though manageable if you are buying a sheath or something else. I like their plastic sheathes but also grabbed a leather one. You could certainly punch your own, but as cheap as they are and with the punched hole being a neat match to the tang, they make it easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted September 13, 2021 Well, I made a wrong turn - I bought some leather dye a while back, dark brown and oxblood. Alcohol based. I decided to use the ox blood. I originally planned oxblood and then dark brown over it. But ended up oxblood only. it was a little more pink than desired, but with a little burnishing, darkened some, but the varied leather of the washers also took the dye differently. I should have known that but didn’t really think about it. The real issue was the handle that was tight after compressing the waterlogged washers shrunk after the alcohol evaporated. womp womp. Not a do over, but I may hit it with the brown dye now. Plan better next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted September 13, 2021 Share #16 Posted September 13, 2021 Still pretty nice looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted September 13, 2021 Sorry for the many posts… I hit it with the dark brown. we will see how it dries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorWangDong Posted September 13, 2021 Share #18 Posted September 13, 2021 Dark brown came out nice, looks well handled like oils from hands have soaked in to match the rest of the character of the knife. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyd Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted September 14, 2021 3 hours ago, EmperorWangDong said: Dark brown came out nice, looks well handled like oils from hands have soaked in to match the rest of the character of the knife. 👍 Thank you. I thought it was done for. I am pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted September 14, 2021 Share #20 Posted September 14, 2021 Nailed it. Congrats. Now you can say the red went on on purpose as your tried and true method to get to just the right shade of brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted September 14, 2021 Share #21 Posted September 14, 2021 Years from now I wonder what stories will get attached to this knife and the others with similar pedigree's. At least with this one the two black spacers at either end should let the ones who study know it's not original to the manufacture of the blade. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to come off as being critical about this restoration. I think it's a very nice save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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