From Junk To A Jewel

[Viking45]

Bought this old Hubertus lock back off e-Bay for 13 bucks free shipping.
I knew it was rough but it is a solid built knife and has steel liners,brass bolsters and the blade is chewed up but seemed to be 90% so I thought what the heck it's an old Hubie with nice deep tang stamps.

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[Viking45]

So I decided to let Bill do a number on it. I requested the wood and the rest was in Bill's hands.
I knew he is good but I was still amazed at the final outcome. It is as big as a Buck 110 but but very sleek and slim.
The knife opens and closes like silk,rock solid,razor sharp and has no play at all

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[jimbeam]

Beautiful Dave. Great job Bill.

[BIRD]

looks real good

[Switch King]

Wow, as you can see, what else can make out of old "junk".
With good craftsmanship and lots of love to the work.
I like this.

Greetings from Europe

[daddyloko]

Great looking knife and outstanding restoration.

[FreeTheArmy]

Howdy bro. David,
That's one hell of a restore, neighbor! Right nice, indeed.
-all the best,
Free

[Viking45]

Thanks JB,Mr. Bird,Rene,DaddyK and Crittenden- I actually bought this knife with the mindset to have it restored.
My biggest concern was not the frame but the blade. I know it had lot's of life left but I told Bill it looked like someone sharpened it on the sidewalk....drunk and in the dark

The old scales were some kind of strange plastic almost like flexible bakelite. It had steel pins and steel liners and you could see years of rust on the liners and back spring/lock.
I almost went with stag but then I thought about how thin it was and remembered how beautiful cocobolo and/or rosewood can look with brass bolsters and pins.
Bill could have easily made the pins flush but I requested them to be domed or whatever the term is,I love that look.

As usual my poor photography does no justice to how cool this old knife is.

[Bill DeShivs]

Thanks everyone. The cocobolo wood scales are actually cut from the same block. I'm suprised they came out so differently.
Cocobolo is very difficult to cut. It clogged the 24 tpi blade of my metal-cutting bandsaw about every inch that I cut. I had to clean the teeth with a file card, cut another inch, clean, cut, clean etc.!
It was worth it, and I enjoyed fixing this old fellow up.

[Viking45]

The small difference in grain is no issue at all with me. Stag maybe but not wood.
I do quite a bit of wood work but have not used rose wood or cocobolo,but I know cocobolo is oily and can actually stain your hands like walnut.
So I'm sure it could easily clog a fine tooth saw blade.

I think the wood choice was excellent even if I say so myself.
The knife is very slim and stag would have taken away that appeal.
It is slim but has a robust blade,kind of like a sod buster but classier.

Thanks Bill,I am very proud of it.

[Danny Bailey]

Just a beauty.

[whippersnapper]

Looks great!

[Razor_54]

That's a great looking knife. Congrats Dave.
Bill has outdone himself again.

[JimBrown257]

Bill, did you put any sort of finish on that wood?

[Bill DeShivs]

No finish. Cocobolo doesn't need a finish, nor does it take one well.
I did put a coat of neutral shoe polish on it.