1880's-1920's Pocket Knife reproduction I made

[Atterbury Dodd]

Thought I'd share some photos of a knife I just finnished making from scratch. I made it to carry on Civil War reenactments, but farther research tells me the knife I copied it from was post CW. So it fits more in the time frame of 1880's to the 1920's (this style was less popular by that time (20's)then it had been in the 1800's). So it fits here.
Enjoy!

 

[DeaconKC]

NICE job! It has a very nice grain to the wood, an excellent choice, sir.

 

[JEEP]

Very nicely done :eusa_clap


Regards.

Jakob

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

Just for the fun of it. Here is a page I scanned out of my 1925 Sears Roebuck catalog; notice down in the left hand corner a knife of the pattern I made. Listed as a boys knife, however--mine's a little big for that at 3 3/4 in.

 

[Jay]

Great job! I like the no-nonsense design of it. Where do you learn to make a knife from scratch?

 

[gtdean48]

Nice! It looks a lot like those I used to see at CW Reenactments but much nicer. Great job!

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

Great job! I like the no-nonsense design of it. Where do you learn to make a knife from scratch?

I learned by taking apart an old knife a friend of mine gave me. He had lost it for a long time and it was totally ruined (so rusty it would never open again) so I dissected it and that helped me to figure out how they are put together. Then I designed my own! It's not really hard to make one it just takes determination.

 

[Lion]

Great job. :eusa_clap

Leo

 

[Nick D]

Great work! It's the perfect 'always-on-hand' pocket knife.

 

[Highlander]

Impressive. It's one thing to make a knife... quite another to make a pocket knife. Very Very Impressive.

 

[Madcap72]

I learned by taking apart an old knife a friend of mine gave me. He had lost it for a long time and it was totally ruined (so rusty it would never open again) so I dissected it and that helped me to figure out how they are put together. Then I designed my own! It's not really hard to make one it just takes determination.

You can always put stuff like that in muratic acid. I don't know how many tools, knives, and equipment thats rusted up I've seen tossed overboard, when all it would have taken is 2 minutes in the dip tank.

 

[Erik]

I just came across this thread - Great job.