Stanback Knives Clinton Knives
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >
Topic Options
Rate This Topic
#189098 - 07/19/20 07:26 PM J. Lile Re-handle
DJohnson Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 04/16/14
Posts: 69
Loc: Northeast of Oklahoma City
Hi, This Jimmy Lile belongs to Greg Gutcher and was damaged in his shop's fire in 2008. Greg supplied mastodon tusk which I used for the re-handle.
Dave


Attachments
------IMG_1767.jpg

------IMG_0204.jpg

------IMG_0183.jpg

------IMG_0196.jpg

------IMG_0186.jpg



Top
#189100 - 07/19/20 08:24 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: DJohnson]
Dirty_Water Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 09/13/05
Posts: 2244
Loc: central fl.
I've got that apron waiting on you Dave!!
_________________________
---DW---


Scott
RKS #014

HE IS RISEN!, HE IS RISEN INDEED!

Top
#189101 - 07/19/20 08:38 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: Dirty_Water]
DJohnson Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 04/16/14
Posts: 69
Loc: Northeast of Oklahoma City
Thanks Scott. I hope all is well with you.

Top
#189102 - 07/19/20 10:07 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: DJohnson]
CrazyCajun Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 10/08/12
Posts: 2038
Loc: Central Florida
Being a House Fire survivor... with knives and more! Re-handle survivors are great! This one is really nice! Both Tom Enos and Hugh Wright repaired and re-handled some of my survivors! Thanks for sharing!!
_________________________
Steve Daugherty
RKCC CM #051
NRA Member
FlA Knife Makers Assoc.

Top
#189105 - 07/20/20 12:52 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: CrazyCajun]
Sharpi Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 12/01/15
Posts: 645
Dave
Nice work
You taking orders?
Sharpi

Top
#189109 - 07/20/20 08:56 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: Sharpi]
DJohnson Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 04/16/14
Posts: 69
Loc: Northeast of Oklahoma City
Thank you Steve and Rick.

Top
#189152 - 07/24/20 08:21 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: DJohnson]
rodbrown Online
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 12/11/05
Posts: 2119
Loc: Ontario, Canada
Dave
Did you/do you have to check the temper of the steel after it has been in a fire?
_________________________
Rod Brown
RKS 3846
RKCC CM-123
The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” — Nelson Mandela

Top
#189167 - 07/25/20 07:38 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: rodbrown]
DJohnson Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 04/16/14
Posts: 69
Loc: Northeast of Oklahoma City
Hi Rod, that is a very good question and the answer is that I did nothing to determine the condition of the metal. In fact it did not even occur to me as the ivory was only discolored, not burned and the metal looked pristine without any discoloration or scaling. I have studied annealing and heat treating some for the purpose of re-casecoloring shotgun receivers but in the case of this knife I don't believe the temperature was anywhere near high enough to affect the temper of stainless steel.
Dave


Edited by DJohnson (07/25/20 07:40 PM)

Top
#189171 - 07/25/20 09:56 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: DJohnson]
rodbrown Online
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 12/11/05
Posts: 2119
Loc: Ontario, Canada
Thank you Dave. I talked to Greg about that subject today. He was told that unless the solder on the hilt had run, then the temper should be fine.
I have one of Greg’s knives from the fire. It is much worse than the one you re handled.
And what a great job you did.
_________________________
Rod Brown
RKS 3846
RKCC CM-123
The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” — Nelson Mandela

Top
#190081 - 09/15/20 12:32 PM Re: J. Lile Re-handle [Re: rodbrown]
coachblalock Offline
Knife Enthusiast

Registered: 12/03/16
Posts: 1872
Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
Excellent work!!!!
_________________________
"Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.

Top
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >


Moderator:  pappy19, Peter_Kaufman