before and after knives

Frank Fusco

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I was digging through my knife collection.....er.....accumulation :eek: and found these disasters. I made these years ago before I had any tools to speak of. Decided they could be improved on a little. The top one in the "before" shot is a boot knife I carried clipped inside my cowboy boots for years. The rest fall in the classification of 'usin' knives. All pretty poorly done. A little time with the belt sanders and they have been improved upon a little.
Now, I need to go back to photography school. These pics are awful. :( Oh, well.
BTW, in the "finished" pic, the belt knife was dipped in dark poly stain. The second from top is Cocobolo and antler. I just wiped it with mineral oil. The last two are maple and I tossed those in the stabilizing pot with some other wood I was doing a stable on. Other than that, no finish on these two.
 

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Now you've given them 25 years more of life, they look great and happy. That's what I like about restoring any tool, (knives are tools after all).
 
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