I found this in my FIL old tackle box . Can this be repaired? Any help or direction would be appreciated. Looks to be a Kinfolks knife. I found a little info on google but not much. I am not looking to make this pristine, mainly just want to fix the handle and get it sharpened up. Thanks in advance.
by RaiderJ_81
2 Comments
It looks like the tang is bent. You could try to bend it back, but the changes are high it would break. And even if it didn’t, it would be weaker, steel doesn’t like to be bent. It could maybe be fixed if the handle were to be removed and the tang heated and straightened. But then you might have to also retemper the whole knife. It’s probably not worth the bother.
Threads on that brass nut are peened over. File or grind them off and it’ll come apart with a little finesse. Dm me if you want me to walk you through it.