I took on a job for a friend of mine to swap the Beech scales on his Lofty Wiseman tool, I had built him a Yew handled FYGT woody in 2010,
And he wanted this to go with it, it was the biggest knife job i had tried and found it to be a little beyond my tools as they are(you will see why in the pics) so I contacted our own Stew and asked if he would be able to take it on as a back burner job, He has done a cracking job, and over come so problems in the original manufacture of the blade, My buddy is going to be blown away when he gets his mitts on it, I will get him to get some pics when he takes it away to hotter wetter climbs soonish, any who here are some pics,
The knife as was,
Stripped down, the scales were held on with torx bolts and a blob of what looked like wood putty, pretty corroded uner here, it had been away for an extended trip to south America so moisture ingress had played its part,
My intended re shape of the tang(coloured in in green permy pen) to give a better grip further up the handle and smooth out where the bolster had been and round the pommel end for a smoother line,
And after,
Then I hit a snag, one side of the tang was flat though tapered where as the other wasnt tapered or flat, I dont have a belt sander so was unable to flatten and match the sides, this I where I contacted the........... STEW!!!
He threw a bit of know how at it, like this,
its like an A-team montage!!
And here is the Knife formally known as Lofty!
I have given the edges a good blend and strop, it is SHAAAAAAAPING SHARP!
Sooooooo comfy,
good for choking up for fine work near the handle,
Or for a little extra heft,
It actually looks good too now!
shame he doesn't want to swap out the sheath, but maybe given a little time his mind will change
OOOOF! very nicely matched,
the original handle
A very BIG thank you to Stew for his work on this knife, his communication through out was brilliant and his workmanship is second to none, if you need a knife, and you can find one you like, maybe you can call.................
Many thanks for reading chaps
Southey
And he wanted this to go with it, it was the biggest knife job i had tried and found it to be a little beyond my tools as they are(you will see why in the pics) so I contacted our own Stew and asked if he would be able to take it on as a back burner job, He has done a cracking job, and over come so problems in the original manufacture of the blade, My buddy is going to be blown away when he gets his mitts on it, I will get him to get some pics when he takes it away to hotter wetter climbs soonish, any who here are some pics,
The knife as was,
Stripped down, the scales were held on with torx bolts and a blob of what looked like wood putty, pretty corroded uner here, it had been away for an extended trip to south America so moisture ingress had played its part,
My intended re shape of the tang(coloured in in green permy pen) to give a better grip further up the handle and smooth out where the bolster had been and round the pommel end for a smoother line,
And after,
Then I hit a snag, one side of the tang was flat though tapered where as the other wasnt tapered or flat, I dont have a belt sander so was unable to flatten and match the sides, this I where I contacted the........... STEW!!!
He threw a bit of know how at it, like this,
its like an A-team montage!!
And here is the Knife formally known as Lofty!
I have given the edges a good blend and strop, it is SHAAAAAAAPING SHARP!
Sooooooo comfy,
good for choking up for fine work near the handle,
Or for a little extra heft,
It actually looks good too now!
shame he doesn't want to swap out the sheath, but maybe given a little time his mind will change
OOOOF! very nicely matched,
the original handle
A very BIG thank you to Stew for his work on this knife, his communication through out was brilliant and his workmanship is second to none, if you need a knife, and you can find one you like, maybe you can call.................
Many thanks for reading chaps
Southey
