Excellent choice of restoration subject. I've seen enough bench vises, coffee grinders, and rusty wrenches being restored. An old broken switchblade is a welcome change. Good skills too.
The effort and honesty to put in 'failures and further adjustments is really impressive. It would be so easy for you to just cut it down and be like "Oh I did it first time". Instead you really show the process.
the people who designed and made mechanical clocks, cuckoo clocks, automatons, etc. all before there was electricity or power tools, maybe were the smartest people of all time.
Outstanding restoration of a very interesting piece!!! Your mastery of multiple skills provides an excellent result!!! Incredible job!!! Thanks for sharing your work with us!
That's quite the knife, the construction was significantly different from all the examples I have seen, the handle was made out of solid steel, and filed beautifully, I can see why you chose to grab it, regardless of the blade, this is a rare one, and the blade design you chose was perfect for it, a nice clip point design, beautiful and intimidating all at the same time. I would have chosen replacement Brass screws, but I have to say the polished steel ones look good too. So good work! I was expecting you to make a new sliding block as the lock to replace the one inside, it looked pretty rough. But all in all, I'd say you came out with a significantly better knife that when you started the video with!!! :P LOL
I could tell it had been used for many yrs after the blade broke, imagine someone still using it instead getting a new one, sentimental value maybe or too poor for new one or maybe didnt care.
A very, very special knife--- of apparent Spanish manufacture: those of unsurpassed design. A knife I covet greatly, and worth every second of this painstaking restoration. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could find one like this, but it is likely only a few such were made by one dedicated artisan. What a find!
Клинки з напильника це топ тема))) я своїм ножем пишаюсь як той той😅 також горн з гівна і палок ліпив, та тільки кував на рельсі. Нехай він був з порушенням всих допусків, та для мене він крутий)))
If you ever need to quench something again. Heat up a piece of metal and throw in the oil. For example take that old piece of blade and either throw in the oven or even heat to orange with the blow torch. Will save you some time. Just a thought from a hobbyist blades bladesmith. Great video btw!!
Гарна праця. Механізми у ножах, замість мастила краще використовувати стержень звичайного, простого олівця. Покращує тертя і не накопичує пилу. Це не наполягання)), а порада. Спробуй і відчуєш різницю. Дякую за відео.
I would have liked to have seen how you put the coiled spring back as I would imagine it to be pretty difficult. Good vid and nice knife deserved the work
Great job with the restoration, amazing work! The blade grinder is very creative. If you don't mind me asking, why did you use the magnet on the blade around 13:49?
@@PinkiPirate probably doesn't have an oven that goes high temp enough. You can do the annealing/normalising part fairly easy with a blowtorch as he did, but not lying down on a brick that is soaking up the heat nor with an underpowered blowtorch as he did. The tip was not nearly hot enough to properly fully harden, and the bottom side most likely wasn't as well, after the slightly too high tempering its probably hanging around the 50-55 HRC or something, usable but not near as high as it could be. He would be far better off making a small forge out of a firebrick where you can put the blowtorch in stationary and move the blade to evenly heat it.
Nice resto. I have been collecting knifes for many years. The solid handle is rare, Was costly to make and heavy making it uncomfortable in the pocket. How ever it was durable. I do have a few switchblades in my collection but not a solid body example. I will have to search the maker and hunt one down for my display. Thanks for posting.
The thing that made me watch the whole video vas to see the finish product but the thing that made me sub to the chanel.was how you made the knife sharpening sistem with the wood and metal rod..genius.
Switchblades are not illegal in the entire USA. Each state has their own laws regarding knives (including switchblades). Based upon my research, they are legal in most states.
an awesome restoration of a cool old knife. it would've been a good candidate for nickel or silver electroplating on the handle/frame to keep skin oils and pocket sweat from causing surface rust in the future. the simple design works as well as the boker automat 74 that lives in my pocket every day. any idea of the age of the knife?
Where was it originally made? I’m curious about it being so difficult to disassemble. Was it because of the corrosion? Or because it was made in maniago or sicily. I have a few from the Italian smiths, and I’ve never seen such craftsmanship in a knife. Auto, assisted, or manual. They are completely head and shoulders above all my others.
Most obviously (99.9% sure) made in prison in the USSR or some post-soviet country. They used to make a lot of various switchblades of different quality and different blade lock/release systems.
Your artistry with the video camera is only exceeded by your talent as a knife maker.
Bravo sir!
Yeah man,I second that 👍🏻
As a Knife collector I absolutely love the design of this knife.
Now that’s quality work, well done.
This looked like a lot of work , thank you for putting in the effort. Top marks.
Yes indeed!👍
Watching you make that jig is worth a subscription.
Excellent as always
Excellent choice of restoration subject. I've seen enough bench vises, coffee grinders, and rusty wrenches being restored. An old broken switchblade is a welcome change. Good skills too.
What about wire & tubing bender
Excellent repair/restoration. That one is a real nice addition to a collection.
That's the coolest knife I have ever seen. Awesome job.
i"ll never get tired of seeing this video
SUPER job. 👍🏻👍🏻
Enjoy those young hands and eyes while you can.
Mine are starting to fail me.
Thank you! Keep yourselves!
Ditto
Impressive restoration! The blade grinder was cleaver and ingenious 👍😊
thanks)
Молодец..руки..ростут.
Откуда..должны..рости
I love the jig you made to get that angle ground in. Magnificent job on this restoration. All of your work is amazing.
This guy has a very unique blacksmithing technique that I never seen before
There's no blacksmithing in this video, and all the technics he uses here are fairly basic in knife making
@@lamproknives that what I meant, most video I see like this the restorer usually forge the blade not repurpose a file
On top of that file tends to break once you mess with the structural design
@@goat5635 oh, that was sarcastic 🤣
Amazing work. I would love to see some texts explaining steps before the sequences start.
Really nice video!
Thanks!
Bon traveil.bravo.
Super , super mișto!
Nu am mai văzut asemenea dispozitiv de declanșare a lamei .
Really impressed that you stuck with it and filed and polished the edge by hand. I would have gotten impatient and taken it to the belt sander.
The effort and honesty to put in 'failures and further adjustments is really impressive. It would be so easy for you to just cut it down and be like "Oh I did it first time". Instead you really show the process.
I love old mechanical knives , I like the action whom ever designed this knife put a lot of thought into it .
the people who designed and made mechanical clocks, cuckoo clocks, automatons, etc. all before there was electricity or power tools, maybe were the smartest people of all time.
Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship and a please to watch.
Ножик з характером. Цікава робота. Дякую пану рестовратору шо не дав загубитися гарному ножику.
Дякую за перегляд)
Hi Rextorer beautiful knife beautiful restoration good job I'm glad that you have restored that knife wonderful job
Thanks for watching my videos!
Outstanding restoration of a very interesting piece!!! Your mastery of multiple skills provides an excellent result!!! Incredible job!!! Thanks for sharing your work with us!
That's quite the knife, the construction was significantly different from all the examples I have seen, the handle was made out of solid steel, and filed beautifully, I can see why you chose to grab it, regardless of the blade, this is a rare one, and the blade design you chose was perfect for it, a nice clip point design, beautiful and intimidating all at the same time. I would have chosen replacement Brass screws, but I have to say the polished steel ones look good too. So good work! I was expecting you to make a new sliding block as the lock to replace the one inside, it looked pretty rough. But all in all, I'd say you came out with a significantly better knife that when you started the video with!!! :P LOL
Thanks for watching my videos! Next time I will consider my mistakes
Спасибо! Повеселился вместе с Вами от души! Видно :, что руки растут откуда надо и чувство юмора на высоте. 👍
Fabulous! Great job!
honestly, i liked the way it was... even with the broken blade... had that handed down a few generations feel to it
I could tell it had been used for many yrs after the blade broke, imagine someone still using it instead getting a new one, sentimental value maybe or too poor for new one or maybe didnt care.
That old knife became very beautiful.
That is such a cool Knife💯😁👍
Круто сделал👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 отличная работа, но эту ржавую, кривую пружину ты не мог поменять🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Nice restoration, well done,
Stunning knife
Amazing job brother. Like from India
Thanks!
A very, very special knife--- of apparent Spanish manufacture: those of unsurpassed design.
A knife I covet greatly, and worth every second of this painstaking restoration.
Thanks for sharing.
I wish I could find one like this, but it is likely only a few such were made by one dedicated artisan. What a find!
Обычная тюремная самоделка из России. Грубость изделия связана с минимумом доступного инструмента при изготовлении.
@@ТимофейсАлтая I am surprised. Perhaps a Spanish influence, then? The design is impeccable, regardless of finish.
Клинки з напильника це топ тема))) я своїм ножем пишаюсь як той той😅 також горн з гівна і палок ліпив, та тільки кував на рельсі. Нехай він був з порушенням всих допусків, та для мене він крутий)))
Зроблене своїми руками завжди дороге)
Me gusta el mecanismo de cierre y apertura de la navaja !! Saludos de Argentina. Quedo como nueva!! Felicitaciones !
Nice work and an excellent subject
Flippin gorgeous finish man!!! Double plus good
I make you right there it’s proper nice innit
Me gusto' el trabajo realizado !! Felicitaciones de Buenos Aires,Argentina.
Gracias!
It looks like a brand new knife and you did an amazing job restoring it!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Awesome job, that knife is a work of art!
Thanks!
Extremely interesting, I think you are the most creative man ! Your video is so fantastic !
Excellent work. Super.
Thanks!
I enjoyed your video very much great work It makes me want this knife I can't afford it
Cool knife design and nice job restoring it. Thanks for the video
Thank you!
Handmade thats for sure 😁👍
that looks fantastic… another wonderful job as always…….🔧⚒️🔩🛠️🔨⛏️👏👏👍👍🍻🍻
Nicely done sir.
I would love to buy 1 exactly like this. Make an awesome pocket knife
VERY NICE...I LOVE KNIVES!!!
It's always great to restore vintage items, good job man.
Mermerized doing your work....
If you ever need to quench something again. Heat up a piece of metal and throw in the oil. For example take that old piece of blade and either throw in the oven or even heat to orange with the blow torch. Will save you some time. Just a thought from a hobbyist blades bladesmith. Great video btw!!
Great 👍 restoration 😃. Greetings from Belgium 😉🇧🇪🖐️
Thank you!
Real nice job.❤❤
Muy buena restauracion maestro 🙏👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well done.great detail work.
Exceptional work on this restoration mad skills!
Well done!!!
Гарна праця. Механізми у ножах, замість мастила краще використовувати стержень звичайного, простого олівця. Покращує тертя і не накопичує пилу. Це не наполягання)), а порада. Спробуй і відчуєш різницю. Дякую за відео.
👍🫵🏻👍
Дякую! Наступного разу обов'язково спробую)
Nice jobb......👍
P E R F E C T!!!🔥🔥🔥
Bravo, 10 points👌🏻
I would have liked to have seen how you put the coiled spring back as I would imagine it to be pretty difficult. Good vid and nice knife deserved the work
it wasn't hard. One end is fixed on the axis of the knife, the other end is wound around
Excellent work 👍
WOW nice .
Great job with the restoration, amazing work! The blade grinder is very creative. If you don't mind me asking, why did you use the magnet on the blade around 13:49?
Thank you! At a certain temperature, the metal loses its magnetic properties. I checked the temperature with a magnet
@@ReXtorer Ooh that's so interesting, I had no idea. Thank you for explaining!
@@ReXtorer Why didn't you use just an oven to not overheat the blade?
@@PinkiPirate probably doesn't have an oven that goes high temp enough. You can do the annealing/normalising part fairly easy with a blowtorch as he did, but not lying down on a brick that is soaking up the heat nor with an underpowered blowtorch as he did. The tip was not nearly hot enough to properly fully harden, and the bottom side most likely wasn't as well, after the slightly too high tempering its probably hanging around the 50-55 HRC or something, usable but not near as high as it could be. He would be far better off making a small forge out of a firebrick where you can put the blowtorch in stationary and move the blade to evenly heat it.
Great Job!!!! Do you ever sell any of the knives that you restore? Thanks
Wspaniała robota niespotykany nóż pierwszy raz takie cudo widziałem
dziękuję bardzo!
@@ReXtorer Ty jestes Polski?
@@johnwrocenski7430 українець)
Nice resto. I have been collecting knifes for many years. The solid handle is rare, Was costly to make and heavy making it uncomfortable in the pocket. How ever it was durable. I do have a few switchblades in my collection but not a solid body example. I will have to search the maker and hunt one down for my display. Thanks for posting.
Good job 👍
Thanks!
Thanks for the video bro what a great job on the knife. And that sharpening jig you made nice one I'm going to try that out on a couple of my knifes.
Thank you! Good luck!
Hard work, well done. Cool !
не знав що можна українською. Кажу кропітка робота, але крутецько виконана - молодчага! дякую
Stunning
The thing that made me watch the whole video vas to see the finish product but the thing that made me sub to the chanel.was how you made the knife sharpening sistem with the wood and metal rod..genius.
Beautiful, and very unique.... nice job sir !
Thank you!
Nice job!
Aaamazing 😍
Thats a mazing job dun their sir last for norther 100yr or moore 👍👍fantastic lvly looking knife my friend keep up the good work 👍👍🛸
What a beautiful thing 😊
Як завжди круто! Лезо ножа як з заводу.
Дякую)
Nice restoration
Bardzo fajny ten nóż. 👍
Perfect 😊
We call that a switchblade, and they are highly illegal, LOL. However, for an antique collectors item, wow. Beautiful.
Switchblades are not illegal in the entire USA. Each state has their own laws regarding knives (including switchblades). Based upon my research, they are legal in most states.
So how did you fabricate the broken spring?
an awesome restoration of a cool old knife. it would've been a good candidate for nickel or silver electroplating on the handle/frame to keep skin oils and pocket sweat from causing surface rust in the future. the simple design works as well as the boker automat 74 that lives in my pocket every day. any idea of the age of the knife?
Thank you! Nickel plating is a good idea! I do not know the age of the knife
good job, how many days will it take to restore the folding knife?
Very very good!
That’s a beaut!
Fantastic job!
thx!
Very nice, you did a fine restoration!
Thank you!
Amazing talent. Great job thanks for the video
You did a wonderful job. I have an old mother of pearl automatic blade. What type of oil can I use to help a sticky blade?
Hi. Use 'Ballistol". One drop will do it.
Гарно вийшло!
Дякую!
Nice job
Excellent job. Well done! 👍
thank you!
great skills
Where was it originally made? I’m curious about it being so difficult to disassemble. Was it because of the corrosion? Or because it was made in maniago or sicily. I have a few from the Italian smiths, and I’ve never seen such craftsmanship in a knife. Auto, assisted, or manual. They are completely head and shoulders above all my others.
Most obviously (99.9% sure) made in prison in the USSR or some post-soviet country. They used to make a lot of various switchblades of different quality and different blade lock/release systems.
@@cyrilmatiassevitch1173 agree
Carino. Buon lavoro. Una affilatura non ci sta male però.
That was amazing.