NDK
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Post by NDK on Jan 8, 2019 16:59:51 GMT -5
So in discussion with Beth fernwood & Jean rockpickerforever about Photobucket I decided to take some pictures of a knife I restored/modified late last summer and upload to PB and see how they look posted here. I found this knife at a yard sale in pretty bad shape. Paid a whopping $3.00 for it and decided to give it some love. It's a Western brand knife & from the little investigation I did seems to be from the late 1930's - early 40's. It cleaned up ok but I couldn't remove all the rust pitting because it would've been thinner than a fillet knife. Here's the knife as purchased  I used some pet wood I bought from Dr DG for the scales in place of the stacked leather. I also made a brass guard in place of the original steel one because it fit too loosely after cleaning off the rust.  I then made a sheath for it  Thanks for looking |
|
NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Old knife
Jan 8, 2019 17:02:15 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by NDK on Jan 8, 2019 17:02:15 GMT -5
Ok so I don't see the watermark. Does anyone else see it?
|
|
|
|
Post by MsAli on Jan 8, 2019 17:06:37 GMT -5
Really nice job restoring that
I dont see a WM anywhere
|
|
NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Post by NDK on Jan 8, 2019 17:08:45 GMT -5
Thanks Ali.
Odd there's no wm...
|
|
|
|
Post by fernwood on Jan 8, 2019 17:10:15 GMT -5
A beauty. Great restore. I have several like that with CCC on the Blade. Some say WCC. The CCC is Civilian Conservation Corps. The WCC indicates Wisconsin Conservation Corps. Both the same thing, but State specific.
When I was young and hounding old logging camps in Rusk County, WI with a long time family friend, I found a couple marked knives. Later when cleaning out 1800's family homestead garage found a few more in there.
Glad you replaced the leather handle, as those are tough to restore. I was able to do two. One I replaced the leather, the other restored it.
Side note, I also have a 100% Aluminum, one piece knife marked CCC. Just imagine an Aluminum blade on a knife. Have always wondered what caused someone to create something like that. The blade is very worn. '
Thank you so much for sharing.
|
|
|
|
Post by fernwood on Jan 8, 2019 17:10:47 GMT -5
No WM for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 8, 2019 17:16:50 GMT -5
None here, either. Odd.
|
|
NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Post by NDK on Jan 8, 2019 17:19:58 GMT -5
LOL Beth I can't imagine an aluminum knife for anything other than possibly kitchen use. Interesting find!
|
|
|
|
Post by fernwood on Jan 8, 2019 17:23:46 GMT -5
LOL Beth I can't imagine an aluminum knife for anything other than possibly kitchen use. Interesting find! I love it. Blade is about 25% of original, but has the specific CCC mark on handle. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Member since January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 17:55:31 GMT -5
Just imagine an Aluminum blade on a knife. Have always wondered what caused someone to create something like that. Interesting. I suspect it was for light pack weight, corrosion resistance (salt-water divers use them, though don't think there would be many of those in the CCC) and/or novelty. Would have been made just post WWII - before that, aluminum would have been a fairly pricy specialty material; afterwards, there was a glut due to wartime aircraft production plummeting and there were lots experiments with new uses for aluminum. Some stuck (aluminum replaced tin for foils and similar); some didn't (like your knife). My dad had a knife with the same design, too, but the standard steel blade. |
|
|
|
Post by fernwood on Jan 8, 2019 17:58:24 GMT -5
Cool. Thanks for sharing this. I have always been intrigued by this knife.
|
|
|
|
Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 8, 2019 19:30:32 GMT -5
Great job restoring that knife. No WM that I can see, either.
|
|
NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Old knife
Jan 8, 2019 20:19:18 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by NDK on Jan 8, 2019 20:19:18 GMT -5
Thank you Robin.
|
|
|
|
Post by vegasjames on Jan 8, 2019 21:58:33 GMT -5
Nice job.
|
|
NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Post by NDK on Jan 9, 2019 7:31:28 GMT -5
Thanks James. I'm a bit disappointed in how the blade turned out. I used a flap disk on my angle grinder and it was a bit more aggressive than I needed. Didn't pay close enough attention and washed out the lines between the top of the blade & the grind. If I do one of these again I'll sand the blade by hand or use a belt sander to keep the lines sharp.
|
|
... to the New Guys from The ChatBox V.2 Crew