Restoration of an Old Hunting Knife! Snake Skin Handle??
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2022
- In this video I restore an old hunting knife. This knife is very unique because it is large but still folds up like a pocket knife.
I start with disassembly and then use electrolysis to remove most of the rust. After this I bring the part to the blast cabinet for some sandblasting. Once the blade was free of rust I etched the blade in ferric chloride to darken the color. The blade was then tumbled in some media and stones to produce a beautiful stone washed finish.
For the scales I chose to use some cobra snake skin that a subscriber sent me. This was difficult and took a few tries, but eventually I was able to make it work. To stick with the snake theme I forged a cobra shaped guard.
Finally I created a leather sheath to hold the knife.
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The snake skin “scales”were a dope idea! They just set and look AMAZING!
I really enjoy a good thunderstorm. It may sound strange, but there's just something so COZY about rain on the roof and the smell of the fresh air afterwards.
I'm OBSESSED with thunderstorms. I have been ever since I was like 4 or 5.
*_I have watched many of this kind videos but honestly this one was more perfect and in detail_*
Thank you my friend 🙂
Beautiful work, I have a smaller version, they're called D'Estaing knives. It's an old French trapper design. Folded it's for basic camp tasks, unfolded it's for skinning hogs and cleaning hides to make leather. Great video, those snakeskin handles are fine!!!
Thanks for the info!
I too remember these knives from my merchant marine days .anymoons ago great memory completely legal in Texas no blade length limit
What a gorgeous blade!! Great work!!!
Thank you!
Great job as always. FYI my grandfather showed me how to see how sharp your knife is. You slant your thumb at an angle and put the knife blade on the nail. If the knife slips, it's dull, but if your knife sticks it's sharp. I'm an old man now but I never forgot.
i, honored to have this same knife in my collection
This is not just a restoration but a RESTOMOD. And now becoming a trend
I just do what I want 🙂
LMAO seeing your vice doing the same wiggle dance as mine.
Awesome restoration video, keep up
Thanks 😂
Great job! It was great seeing one of the Pakistani knives from my childhood turned into a beautiful artistic piece of Pakistani steel.
I have a bone handle one of these, was given it in 1974 by a friend of my farther,my blade is finished in chrome still working well but the blade matiral is not that amazing but you can get a razor edge on it but it never lasts long , great work thank you
Excellent workmanship. My personal preference would be for a shiny blade.
Конечно с тобой согласен чтобы хромировано было красиво ну и так очень здорово получилось
awesome knive
Thanks for the production value with snake theme made it fun!
Amazing restore of knife..thanks for sharing
Если честно- я ещё на этапе разборки понял, что фиксация клинка в разложенном состоянии... Отсутствует. Потерялась видимо😅. Я бы не стал пользоваться таким ножом. Во всём видео мне понравилось только - обработка клинка и новая гарда. Рукоять из кожи и эпоксидки? С таким же успехом можно было туда просто рисунок положить. Ножны... Я даже говорить не хочу об этом...
Parabéns lindo trabalho.
My brother gave me a knife almost identical to this one. My blade has several rectangular slots cut through the blade near the top edge and has the words “Stainless” and “Pakistan” and the number “6” on one side near the hinge. There isn’t anything on the other side. It came with a thin leather sheath and has a deer stamped on it. You did a great job on your knife. Darlington. South Carolina
That is absolutely beautiful.
love being outside during a thunderstorm love the smell and the static in the air, makes me feel insignificant when I witness the raw power of nature. oh and really nice restoration, your pet snake is also awesome
storms would be great if they didnt always make my power go out, to me that is all they signify; no power, internet or ac and then the long frustrating wait for it to come back on.
THOR is the coolest GOD. And what a unique knife with the design. I am sure you do a great resteration. I better watch the rest of your video. And Hope you have a fantastic Easter. And if you do not celebrate. You can at least LOVE some chocolate on Sunday
Happy Easter!
Well done Sir yet again you and your talent of restoration makes me smile .
Thank you Sir
Been a while since I’ve seen one of those
Przepiękny jest ten zrobiony i odrestałrowany ten stary zabytkowy nuż pozdrawiam twórcę tego filmiku serdecznie 👍👍👍👍👍
We’re under a tornado watch with lightning and thunder over our heads; keep going I’m enjoying your work
Stay safe brother!
Crocodile Dundee would be proud of this beautiful knife you have.
Not going to lie, I am not a big fan of the snakeskin details but other than that the knife looks absolutely beautiful!!
Great job. I think you did better then the original maker of this knife. Congratulations 🎉
WWll pilot survival knife very collectable great job sir
First love a good thunderstorm, lighting and rain on a tin roof.
Second, that was one lovely snakeskin you were gifted. I still have one of snake-skins I tanned, the bastard that was inside our quarters and trying to get into our budgie's cage. The cook showed my how he did sea-snake skins.
Nice job on the knife too, lol. The scales on scales were perfect.
The camera work actually took my breath away! Good job.
I had a siilar knife that was made in Toledo and used as bayonets in the military, its a beautiful knife
Dope AF results, @DrRestoration!
Mistrzostwo świata 👍👍👍👍👍
Brings back memory of being in the Lab in my school days..
Exagerado de bonito 👍excelente trabajo .saludos desde Venezuela ciudad de Maracaibo 👍👍
Nice job with the snake skin design it looks great.
Nice knife and dorbs snek! :D Cute lil' python,
MUY BUEN TRABAJO. QUEDO JOYA ¡¡¡
Sweet resto!
Wow, simply awesome! Love the Python too!
Great work, skills and well edited video👍👍
One hell of an amazing restoration on this old knife. I would enjoy having a knife like this in my collection
Does it come with the snake?
Beautiful job.
Great job. Very unusual knife! Kudos!
Unglaublich toll gemacht. Respekt!!!
Molto bravo! Complimenti per il restauro!
Love a good thunderstorm. As long as I don’t have to go out & I’m not afraid my home will get damaged.
The knife is absolutely beautiful 👍👍
That cleaned up a lot better than I'd thought.
I mean yeah, the knife was probably in pretty decent condition before he artifically rusted it and burned the wood handle so he could restore it for this video.
Amazing work my friend, absolutely beautiful.
Thank you David 😃
I really appreciate the workmanship, and now that i read the comments and know what this is for, i think i made a mistake. Im fairly certain i dumped a box of old knives my father had collected that included one of these, identical except the rust and inoperability at a scrap yard 2 years ago in Florida. I wonder if maybe that very same one ended up in your hands and got restored
Stunning out come well done
25:57 that's a very cute danger noodle you have there ^^
I actually have one of these in my basement. It’s in significantly better condition, and just needs a few parts.
Nice!
you need to sew around that snake skin on the sheathe.
dobra robota!
Crocodile Dundee would be pleased to see that knife
The knife is badass. Never seen one like that. Great job brother
Thanks Matt
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Bàn tay vàng! Quá thiện nghệ.
Ótimo trabalho!!!!
Beautiful job on the restoration my friend, keep it up. 🎉
Thanks!
thanks! ... make healing my head from korea ^^
Espectacular
U have many goods material, m. D 😇👍👍👍
Я хотя и не понял что там писали. Не знаю английского. Но само видео . онструкция ножа его механизмы и всё остальное. Плюс его восстановления. Мне понравилось 😍😍😍.Такая работа 🤝🤝🤝. Считаю что автор мастер своего дела. Я бы сказал золотые руки. Как у нас говорят. И работа мастера достойна своего уважения. Браво молодец отлично получилось. На мой непрофессиональный взгляд. Мне всё понравилось. Держи заслужил. Продолжай в таком же духе. Буду ставить как школьники. (Хотя я и не школьник.) Вот Мастер. Это тебе по праву. 🤗🤗🤗➕➕➕💯💯💯✊✊✊✊✊✊✊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏.
BEAUTIFUL WORK, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A FAN OF THE STONEWASH LOOK OF THE BLADE!!!
Impressive work. I have one.
Particolare mai visto👍🔪
Тонкий пруток из латуни в качестве осевого - это гениально!
Thanks ✌️
Yes
beautiful…. great job..🪛⛏️🔧🔩⚔️🔨⛓️🛠️👍
Thanks!
Exelente trabajo
nice handle and scabbard. nice restoration
Yes I love thunderstorms ❤
That was a really awesome video. Really fun and insightful.
Thank you 🙂
Holy crap. I used to have this knife when I was like 14..
Found it at a flea market..
It was rusted and broke..
The lock didn't work. No open. Nothing..
I ended up getting it made into a full tang knife..
I wondered how it worked and what it would of looked like functional.
Awesome video =)
Linda!
Great job!
Great job!!!! //Lars
Very cool, I'm still not a fan of the stone wash look yet but maybe it will grow on me. Everything else looks incredible
Magnifique !
Beautiful work. Amazing restoration. 👍
Very nice job.!!
Thank you!
To be honest: I am ABSOLUTELY NOT convinced by the snake skin! These snakes are a collection of mostly protected kinds!
Anyway: The work is of course very well and accurately done - congrats! I didn't know that there are pocket knives of that size - WOW!
😉🦊
Beautiful work but that edge needs some serious work. A blade with that mass should make short work of that squash and not fling it across the room ... maybe try a scandi grind or convex edge the geometry is off
I have that same knife and now I know how to fix it. Thank you! I'm missing the lever and where it's pinned to the locking spring is broken but I think I can repair it. Again, Thanks.
Beau travail, j'ai le même en récent (même système) garde qui n'a rien à voir avec celle-ci et pas de peau de serpent. Bravo !!
Nice on the restoration but I would have polished the blade. And it also seams like with the design you would continuously be cutting yourself with it.
Fair enough!
I was just thinking those punches look like cheap sh!t and then you folded one 😂
Now that is very cool !
OMG He is an artist!
Mick “Crocodile” Dundee would lv this
“Now that’s a knife!”
Franchement pas terrible comme finition, maintenant les gouts et les couleurs!
I have this exact knife at home!
Beautiful job on the snake skin scales, should have restored the original scales back on the knife.
Beautiful work of art - as you changed the scales it's a restomod now.
Sadly you didn't make a true double stitch on that sheath, would have made it look more even and nicer, and no grooving of the stitching line, which would make the thread sink beyond the leather surface and protect it against abrasion - overall, the sheath doesn't match the knife in make and finish.
These knives were made to finish off wounded deer or other larger animals, the folding design to save space and make it less unwieldy - stabbing into the heart requires not much force, so the weak pivot gives no issues, but the massive blade was never ment for hard work like slashing or chopping, be careful.
I often attribute my love for knives to my grandfather, "Pa". As a kid I spent hours rummaging through his collection of weird blades and old tools, and I remember him having one of these oddities. It came in a heavy, wax hardened pocket sheath with a belt loop and I can remember wondering why on earth someone would make a folding knife with half the blade left exposed. Even as a kid, I thought this was a ridiculous design, but that was probably half the reason he picked it up I imagine. Pa always had a soft spot for gimmicky items and he probably found his at a gun show or the old flea market we visited when I was little.
It's a traditional French trappers knife. The design is called D'Estaing. When closed, the small portion of exposed blade is meant for camp use, cutting up food items and small tasks, but when a larger knife is needed, just throw the latch and unfold the full blade. I bought one a few years ago. 👍🏻
@beltfed4624
Really? I'll have to do some digging on that, then. Do you know when they were in production? The only French styles I'm familiar with are the knives they traded to Native Americans here, usually for furs and other goods. They were all of simple, full tang and pinned construction. Usually, they didn't even come with a sheath.
@@brianlawson3757 I corrected the spelling, it's D'Estaing. They are still produced, mine is a modern version from eBay. They're not real cheap, but for $30 to $50 you should be able to get a nice one. They're not really strong knives, mostly just for hunting/field dressing/camp not survival. They're not too popular, but still around. My family came from swampers, French-Creole, my uncle had the first one I ever saw.
@beltfed4624
I had no idea they were still in production and had assumed they were more of a novelty item. The one my Pa had was pretty much blunted and would have taken an hour on a grinder to get an edge on it. Thanks for the info, though. I want to learn more about who made this wacky design and who actually used it.😁
Very beautiful restoration
Thank you 🙂
Super tare 🍯🍯🍯👍👍