Restoration of an Old Hunting Knife! Snake Skin Handle??

In this video I restore an old hunting knife. This knife is very unique because it is large but still folds up like a pocket knife.

I start with disassembly and then use electrolysis to remove most of the rust. After this I bring the part to the blast cabinet for some sandblasting. Once the blade was free of rust I etched the blade in ferric chloride to darken the color. The blade was then tumbled in some media and stones to produce a beautiful stone washed finish.

For the scales I chose to use some cobra snake skin that a subscriber sent me. This was difficult and took a few tries, but eventually I was able to make it work. To stick with the snake theme I forged a cobra shaped guard.
Finally I created a leather sheath to hold the knife.

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Dr Restoration

Music: “Lost in the Forest” by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Production from youtube library


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