Restoration of a Western Knife - New Handle

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  • Опубліковано 12 січ 2025

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  • @spiv_gennedy
    @spiv_gennedy 3 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @adetoye50
    @adetoye50 2 роки тому +1


    Beautiful restoration well finished

  • @nickhale2900
    @nickhale2900 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @gr8imager
    @gr8imager Рік тому

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

  • @bdh3949
    @bdh3949 Рік тому

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

  • @geneclayton2467
    @geneclayton2467 Рік тому

    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.

  • @GT_Racer347
    @GT_Racer347 3 роки тому +1

    Pleasantly surprised at the result. 👌

  • @samanthazeiger1553
    @samanthazeiger1553 3 роки тому +1

    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
      @Tipi_Dan 3 роки тому

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

  • @teammosin9999
    @teammosin9999 Рік тому

    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.

  • @normajeancaballero7959
    @normajeancaballero7959 3 роки тому

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

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @mirelbanica1964
    @mirelbanica1964 3 роки тому

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

  • @danmartin8414
    @danmartin8414 3 роки тому +3

    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
      @dougbrown9861 3 роки тому

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

  • @armandbrunette9291
    @armandbrunette9291 2 роки тому

    Great job!!

  • @Zenithstudios5274
    @Zenithstudios5274 3 роки тому

    Hell of a job! Looks amazing!

  • @Ronrook1
    @Ronrook1 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @Angerhofer-hunt-fish-ride
    @Angerhofer-hunt-fish-ride Рік тому

    Love the handle!

  • @jamesla412
    @jamesla412 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @diyresttube
    @diyresttube 3 роки тому

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

  • @ArmandoLoni
    @ArmandoLoni 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @art1muz13
    @art1muz13 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @skoalonguys6788
    @skoalonguys6788 3 роки тому

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

  • @normahutton1560
    @normahutton1560 3 роки тому

    The handle outshines the blade

  • @tyler3329
    @tyler3329 3 роки тому +1

    Great stuff THR!! Loving your work!

  • @fourkings7897
    @fourkings7897 3 роки тому +2

    That's beautiful

  • @feedingmymakermonkey246
    @feedingmymakermonkey246 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful result!

  • @reubenrodriguez6219
    @reubenrodriguez6219 3 роки тому

    Well done guy.

  • @davidcoats1037
    @davidcoats1037 3 роки тому +7

    Great job. Beautiful handle! 👌🏼

  • @ozarked2363
    @ozarked2363 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @BrothersRestorationIndustry
    @BrothersRestorationIndustry 3 роки тому +1

    Good joob 🌹👍

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236
    @fridaycaliforniaa236 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @TheFabrik
    @TheFabrik 3 роки тому

    Wow ! 😳👍🏻 Subscribed

  • @victorhugoaranedabustos4880
    @victorhugoaranedabustos4880 3 роки тому

    Presiosa pieza, exelente restauracion👍🇨🇱

  • @billreyna1355
    @billreyna1355 3 роки тому

    Do another. Outstanding.

  • @ironwolfF1
    @ironwolfF1 3 роки тому +2

    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
      @ozarked2363 3 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @EmrysImmortal
    @EmrysImmortal 3 роки тому

    Gorgeous!

  • @Empok_Nor
    @Empok_Nor 3 роки тому

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

  • @delagum1
    @delagum1 3 роки тому

    Brilliant! Fine art.

  • @MrMonkeyfarmer1
    @MrMonkeyfarmer1 2 роки тому

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

  • @wizardofahhhs759
    @wizardofahhhs759 3 роки тому

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

  • @iraqisonic9920
    @iraqisonic9920 3 роки тому

    أنا مشترك جديد من العراق واحب اعمالك الرائعة

  • @FunnySurpriseToys
    @FunnySurpriseToys 3 роки тому +2

    Hey Friend! You're brilliant! 👍 168

  • @mehmettasdemir7877
    @mehmettasdemir7877 2 роки тому

    Süper 👏👏👏👏♥️

  • @davidcox2264
    @davidcox2264 3 роки тому

    Great job

  • @battleshipoverland8677
    @battleshipoverland8677 2 роки тому

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

  • @tracyhawley8829
    @tracyhawley8829 3 роки тому

    Very nice

  • @naths1229
    @naths1229 3 роки тому +1

    very nice

  • @grahamparr3933
    @grahamparr3933 3 роки тому

    Nice one son👍👍

  • @richardhatt6541
    @richardhatt6541 3 роки тому

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

  • @ditzydoo4378
    @ditzydoo4378 3 роки тому +2

    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
      @TwoHandsRestorations  3 роки тому +1

      added Renaissance micro-crystalline wax to my Amazon cart

    • @ditzydoo4378
      @ditzydoo4378 3 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @ElTelBaby
    @ElTelBaby 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @TwoHandsRestorations
      @TwoHandsRestorations  3 роки тому +2

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

    • @brianjohnson1519
      @brianjohnson1519 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @ElTelBaby
      @ElTelBaby 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @ozarked2363
      @ozarked2363 3 роки тому +1

      @@ElTelBaby Looked to me like they were peened.

    • @ElTelBaby
      @ElTelBaby 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @josepcb2882
    @josepcb2882 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @osbaldohernandez9174
    @osbaldohernandez9174 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @joseluizmariote6640
    @joseluizmariote6640 3 роки тому +1

    amazing

  • @thisisrestoration1983
    @thisisrestoration1983 3 роки тому +2

    Good job, good content at all.Greetings from Germany

  • @Justin-LaFleur
    @Justin-LaFleur 3 роки тому

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

  • @nathanadrian7797
    @nathanadrian7797 2 роки тому

    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!

  • @chuckcorris2392
    @chuckcorris2392 3 роки тому

    Nice!

  • @nycmaverick
    @nycmaverick 3 роки тому

    Nice pommel

  • @johnnorman7708
    @johnnorman7708 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @IrishLion-re8bu
    @IrishLion-re8bu 3 роки тому +1

    Where have you gone sir?????

  • @randyblackburn9765
    @randyblackburn9765 3 роки тому +1

    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

  • @wardigger36
    @wardigger36 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @mikehicks8064
    @mikehicks8064 3 роки тому

    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
    @thisisrestoration1983 3 роки тому

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

  • @airdrop1670
    @airdrop1670 3 роки тому

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

  • @jonastalbott8495
    @jonastalbott8495 Місяць тому

    was this blade made in pakistan? i have one in a very similar style.

  • @GabrielHenrique-mh4jt
    @GabrielHenrique-mh4jt 3 роки тому

    Show!

  • @rudygranado8692
    @rudygranado8692 3 роки тому

    Wow

  • @francisfruscalzo
    @francisfruscalzo 3 роки тому

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

  • @sergeybulychev8304
    @sergeybulychev8304 3 роки тому

    👍👍👍

  • @troy7124
    @troy7124 3 роки тому

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

  • @dualsportoutdoors
    @dualsportoutdoors Рік тому

    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

  • @chatalela
    @chatalela 3 роки тому +1

    I am sooo high now...sleepy too

  • @remorrey
    @remorrey 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @karinaleles1004
    @karinaleles1004 3 роки тому

    Like👍

  • @yedavovo6022
    @yedavovo6022 3 роки тому

    Lindo...

  • @goldsmith4956
    @goldsmith4956 3 роки тому +1

    💪👍

  • @chriscraft9681
    @chriscraft9681 3 роки тому

    👍

  • @j.a.3993
    @j.a.3993 3 роки тому

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

  • @LUCKYB.
    @LUCKYB. 3 роки тому +1

    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 .

  • @MitKilll
    @MitKilll 3 роки тому

    …👌🏼🔪🔥

  • @raihanfarrelofficial
    @raihanfarrelofficial 2 роки тому

    11:27 SUS

  • @壺義春
    @壺義春 3 роки тому

    元々スライドして出し入れするナイフなのかな。

  • @Викторкурлов-ш3м
    @Викторкурлов-ш3м 3 роки тому

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

    • @voodoo8km
      @voodoo8km 3 роки тому

      Точно!Рукоять отличная,клинок г....

  • @ЛёшаНовиков-б7н
    @ЛёшаНовиков-б7н 3 роки тому

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

  • @davouchi1
    @davouchi1 3 роки тому

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

  • @mushenji
    @mushenji 3 роки тому +3

    Not worth it. Just use new metal.

  • @JAGAG66
    @JAGAG66 3 роки тому

    Так и не смог понять - А нах.ра!?🤔

  • @curtisowens6413
    @curtisowens6413 Рік тому

    9:06 baby trump

  • @jdelgado067605
    @jdelgado067605 Рік тому

    BSA

  • @ВалерийБаранюк-я7э

    Рукоятка красивая, а лезвие выбросить

  • @oatlord
    @oatlord 3 роки тому

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

    • @oatlord
      @oatlord 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @oatlord
      @oatlord 3 роки тому

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

  • @jasonstockler
    @jasonstockler 3 роки тому +2

    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
      @fourkings7897 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @delagum1
      @delagum1 3 роки тому +1

      @@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

  • @ЯрикКузнецов-й5ъ
    @ЯрикКузнецов-й5ъ 3 роки тому

    огрызок от ножа

  • @peterschrank7373
    @peterschrank7373 10 місяців тому

    New handle - restoration failed

  • @fredbotello7486
    @fredbotello7486 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @PyramidePharaon
    @PyramidePharaon 3 роки тому

    too much publicity.. unsubscribe !