Man brother that's absolutely beautiful, outstanding job. I'm a retired Marine i served honorably for 24 years and saw combat from Somalia in '93 thru 5 separate deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan. I carried the M3 that was my Grandpa's je was a Marine, my Dad was a Marine and carried it when he was in Vietnam, i carried it until after my first deployment to Iraq in 2004, it was then passed on to my son also a Marine he carried it for his 3 deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan. My father myself and my son hope his son will carry it if he joins the Marine Corps. You did your friend and his Grandpa real proud restoring his M3 your a man of honor a good man. God bless you and your family as well as your friend and his family.
You brought a lot of grief to people, you did not defend your country, family, you killed others so that those who sent you would become richer by robbing these countries and peoples
Just a tip for doing your holes into the leather to go over your tang. Grind a small piece of steel pipe till its similar to a punch at the end. Hammer it to a oval shape so its slightly bigger than the tang and should punch your holes like butter
Yup. Also, for the glue up of the leather, I glue the pieces on a plastic strap ‘core’ (the same size as the tang) covered in cling-film that is removed when the epoxy is cured (most epoxy won’t adhere to plastic). Then it can be easily shaped, before gluing to the tang, etc.
That looks amazing and just like the M3 I have from my grandfather. I am just glad nothing has happened to the handle on mine because that's soooo much work to make it right. You have insane talent and workmanship. You are a true master of the craft.
Good job. I never use epoxy on leather handles. Always contact cement. The pommel cap will break away if the knife is used. Needed to rethread pommel and tang to securely fasten together. Handel looks really good though.
Since it was in a house fire, the blade tempering is probably ruined so it will not be a usable knife anyway. With that being said, it might be soft enough to cold peen the tang adequately that it wouldnt just pop off. I would have tried at least. But it looks very pretty!
That was amazing. I have my fathers Schrade hunting knife that has a stacked leather handle and I never appreciated just how much work went into creating that handle, thank you!
Nice job on the knife. Your friend will be very proud to display it. Can't believe all these people griping about "you should done this and I would of done that."
We learn from each other. The other guy's comment about the temper being lost in the fire is true -- you could re-do that with heat treating. One thing I've learned about leather -- the "finished" look (shiny, dark leather) comes from burnishing. After you do the final fine sanding, dye the leather whatever color you want it. Leave natural is fine too, but if you look at USMC Kabars, etc., you'll see a variety of colors -- usually reddish brown -- I'd want to do whatever's original for this knife when issued. Let the dye dry a day, now your neatsfoot oil at that point restores some moisture to the leather. Let that soak in and 'dry', then, get it all surface wet with water on a rag/sponge and use a smooth rounded hardwood burnishing wheel (either on a drill press, a drill in a vise -- whatever) to burnish the wet leather surface smooth. This is what we do on the edges of knife sheaths and axe masks, etc. You can get burnishing compound that helps it shine up, like gum tragacanth or Seiwa Tokonole burnishing gum. I haven't looked, but I bet there are some really excellent vids on how to do a period-correct stacked leather combat knife handle. Nice work -- good innovations like the chainsaw file for the grooves -- way to step up for your buddy's heirloom resto. WAY better than it was!
Very well done , you are a very Good Craftsman. I liked the use Of the magnet to hold the metal On the belt sander. He must be Very pleased with the restoration.
I have one of these knives. I found it when I was a kid 40 years ago. The pommel on mine is a brass threaded cap. I am really glad I found your video because the handle on mine was destroyed many years ago and this give me ideas on how to replace it.
Very nice. I'm doing this for a knife & an old hammer that belonged to my grandfather who fought in WWII. He died recently, and I'm giving them to my father.
I made a leather washer grip for an OKC SP10 Marine Raider bowie once, with a brass plate for the buttcap. I wish your video was out when I did it because it didn't turn out that great. It looks okay, but not as good as it could have been. You could have got away with two holes by epoxying two pins through the buttcap into the handle. By drilling the holes in the leather a bit smaller than the pin stock, they would be jammed in tight and the buttcap would be secured by peening the pins over as rivets. Forget about it twisting after that. On my handle, I melted some paraffin with a (new) wax toilet gasket (2:1 paraffin:gasket) and spent an hour coating the leather and melting it in with a hair dryer until saturated. I buffed the mostly hard surface when it cooled and it ended up waterproof as you can get it.
Excellent video, now I've got to repair an old Ka-bar that my uncle gave me years ago, this vid will help me do it! Your friend will really like what you did, good job!
Love your work, fantastic job. I have an old one, and after watching how you refurbish the one you have, I am going to have a go at mine, very inspiring as usual .
One of the properties of leather is you could have made that entire handle one solid piece by soaking all those squares in 140 degree water, then stacked them on a mandrel, clamped them up and let them dry. The collagen in the leather would bond it all together without epoxy.
I posted above about a K Bar that I have. Would soaking the knife in the 140-degree water help to swell the leather? I really don't want to replace it for sentimental reasons.
Thank you for this video. It answered a few questions I've had in my stacked leather project and was therapeutic to watch. It's nice to see the dense pressed leather and glue sort of becomes a machineable material.
Never appreciated the level of craftsmanship that was put into these knives and tools. I can’t imagine the effort it too to produce all these knives during WWII.
Great job! I love restoration videos and i think this is restoration in its pure form. I have an m3 as well and the dimensions and grooves look spot on!
I liked and took note of using the mini-drum sander in the drill press. Also liked using the band saw to rough out the profiles, and using the top of the belt to contour grind said handle. On my projects I use three hacksaw blades taped together, to get the right width, and to cut the grooves in the handle. Thank You for the whole presentation, I did learn a thing or two..... RooDog
great job - i thought of this as you were drilling the holes in the but cap - i would have hammered in a few nails ( pick your material ) - that would have held the alignment and added a little design to the end product - i have one of these knives but a newer types with the stacked handles - love this blade - such a old school look - i used a leather lace to fill the grip grooves ( and rest of handle ) with mink oil
If you had given the buttcap/pommel a countersunk hole for the tang to go through before glueing it on and cut the(presumably soft) tang only very slightly longer then the end of the buttcap/pommel it would probably have been possible to have peened it over cold.
I would have never cut it off like he did then just relied on glue. It's pretty hard to call it a restoration if parts are destroyed and noobed back together.
Really very nice..I was looking for a vid that showed exactly how to put a stacked leather with the grooves onto a handle. You did a great job in doing this and showing this old guy on how its done. Going to put one of these on an kukri that I have and it will go very well with the ka- bar knife I have from the military. 😎👍🏻
Thank you for making this very informative video! I used the info you presented to help with my first stacked leather knife handle. The handle turned out great. Planning to use your beeswax finish as well.
I would reccomend cold blue solution for the shiny parts on the pommel and guard so it matches better with the blued blade other than that i think it's perfect
Knice! See what I did there! I saw what you did here just really super cool! I am a knife fanatic and have a 5 1/2 inch Navy K-Bar that my Grandfather carried in WWII and his son my uncle carried in Vietnam. Enjoyed thank you!
You have great skill. I couldn't produce any of these things I've watched you do even if I had your shop. Despite the fact some of them are simple in concept I'd make a huge mess of it. There's also something very relaxing about watching you work. Great channel, thanks for sharing!
After watching how you did this I'm wondering if you do this for others for a fee? Because I really don't want to ruin mine by attempting this myself. That came out just like an original. Unbelievable. Great work man.
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Man brother that's absolutely beautiful, outstanding job. I'm a retired Marine i served honorably for 24 years and saw combat from Somalia in '93 thru 5 separate deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan. I carried the M3 that was my Grandpa's je was a Marine, my Dad was a Marine and carried it when he was in Vietnam, i carried it until after my first deployment to Iraq in 2004, it was then passed on to my son also a Marine he carried it for his 3 deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan. My father myself and my son hope his son will carry it if he joins the Marine Corps. You did your friend and his Grandpa real proud restoring his M3 your a man of honor a good man. God bless you and your family as well as your friend and his family.
Thank you for your service.My father was marine wish i could have been a marine .thanks again you guys are #1 to me!!!.
You brought a lot of grief to people, you did not defend your country, family, you killed others so that those who sent you would become richer by robbing these countries and peoples
Just a tip for doing your holes into the leather to go over your tang. Grind a small piece of steel pipe till its similar to a punch at the end. Hammer it to a oval shape so its slightly bigger than the tang and should punch your holes like butter
Thanks!
Yup. Also, for the glue up of the leather, I glue the pieces on a plastic strap ‘core’ (the same size as the tang) covered in cling-film that is removed when the epoxy is cured (most epoxy won’t adhere to plastic). Then it can be easily shaped, before gluing to the tang, etc.
You did him proud doing that to his knife. Well done sir!
Thank you John.
Man... You're video just have my the confidence that my own knife restoration is on the right track.
This was great! My grandfather made this and bayonet blades for the WW2 troops. Kudos!
Outstanding restoration Incredible craftsmanship and patience 🇺🇸
Got to give this a like simply because of what he did for a friend!
That looks amazing and just like the M3 I have from my grandfather. I am just glad nothing has happened to the handle on mine because that's soooo much work to make it right. You have insane talent and workmanship. You are a true master of the craft.
I love that workshop.
Good job. I never use epoxy on leather handles. Always contact cement. The pommel cap will break away if the knife is used. Needed to rethread pommel and tang to securely fasten together. Handel looks really good though.
I would say bad job. That pommel will pop right off during the first use.
They aren't going to use it. It's for display.
Peen the tang on that’s how medieval swords were done
Barge cement is the only way to go with leather. Also, a good burnishing before the finish would help, and is the norm on these knives.
Since it was in a house fire, the blade tempering is probably ruined so it will not be a usable knife anyway. With that being said, it might be soft enough to cold peen the tang adequately that it wouldnt just pop off. I would have tried at least. But it looks very pretty!
That was amazing. I have my fathers Schrade hunting knife that has a stacked leather handle and I never appreciated just how much work went into creating that handle, thank you!
Nice job on the knife. Your friend will be very proud to display it. Can't believe all these people griping about "you should done this and I would of done that."
Like Johnny Rockets said, above, "We learn from each other." Mr. Art Craftsmanship got the ball rolling for a lot of learning.
"be up in a minute" is the anthem to my shop too!
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I have two of these knives, one original from my dad the other a repro. I loved your video so, so very much, thanks!
Thank you.
Great restoration I have my dad's M3 from WWII you got the patina right well done!
We learn from each other. The other guy's comment about the temper being lost in the fire is true -- you could re-do that with heat treating. One thing I've learned about leather -- the "finished" look (shiny, dark leather) comes from burnishing. After you do the final fine sanding, dye the leather whatever color you want it. Leave natural is fine too, but if you look at USMC Kabars, etc., you'll see a variety of colors -- usually reddish brown -- I'd want to do whatever's original for this knife when issued. Let the dye dry a day, now your neatsfoot oil at that point restores some moisture to the leather. Let that soak in and 'dry', then, get it all surface wet with water on a rag/sponge and use a smooth rounded hardwood burnishing wheel (either on a drill press, a drill in a vise -- whatever) to burnish the wet leather surface smooth. This is what we do on the edges of knife sheaths and axe masks, etc. You can get burnishing compound that helps it shine up, like gum tragacanth or Seiwa Tokonole burnishing gum. I haven't looked, but I bet there are some really excellent vids on how to do a period-correct stacked leather combat knife handle. Nice work -- good innovations like the chainsaw file for the grooves -- way to step up for your buddy's heirloom resto. WAY better than it was!
Shiny leather = slippery leather. Added water, oil, mud or blood = very slippery.
Very well done , you are a very
Good Craftsman. I liked the use
Of the magnet to hold the metal
On the belt sander. He must be
Very pleased with the restoration.
I have one of these knives. I found it when I was a kid 40 years ago. The pommel on mine is a brass threaded cap. I am really glad I found your video because the handle on mine was destroyed many years ago and this give me ideas on how to replace it.
Nice in a time we so many are trying to re write history you preserved a piece of it!! Nice Work
You Sir, are a true craftsman and artist. Love watching you create some beautiful knives!!
This is awesome. I just picked up an m3. It needs a handle !!
Very nice. I'm doing this for a knife & an old hammer that belonged to my grandfather who fought in WWII. He died recently, and I'm giving them to my father.
I made a leather washer grip for an OKC SP10 Marine Raider bowie once, with a brass plate for the buttcap. I wish your video was out when I did it because it didn't turn out that great. It looks okay, but not as good as it could have been. You could have got away with two holes by epoxying two pins through the buttcap into the handle. By drilling the holes in the leather a bit smaller than the pin stock, they would be jammed in tight and the buttcap would be secured by peening the pins over as rivets. Forget about it twisting after that. On my handle, I melted some paraffin with a (new) wax toilet gasket (2:1 paraffin:gasket) and spent an hour coating the leather and melting it in with a hair dryer until saturated. I buffed the mostly hard surface when it cooled and it ended up waterproof as you can get it.
Thanks for watching, and for your awesome advice, and suggestions. It’s always a learning process😉.
Wish I could see how they made so many knives and how fast and hear the arguments of leather is wood handes untill plastic was used.
Just wanted to say you do grate work.
Thank you Gary. Thanks for watching.
Another great job! Enjoyed the video.
Excellent video, now I've got to repair an old Ka-bar that my uncle gave me years ago, this vid will help me do it! Your friend will really like what you did, good job!
This channel is on its way to 1M subs within a couple years.
Great Video and excellent craftsmanship! But who else got a fright when they noticed the kid at 10:18!
Love your work, fantastic job. I have an old one, and after watching how you refurbish the one you have, I am going to have a go at mine, very inspiring as usual .
One of the properties of leather is you could have made that entire handle one solid piece by soaking all those squares in 140 degree water, then stacked them on a mandrel, clamped them up and let them dry. The collagen in the leather would bond it all together without epoxy.
I posted above about a K Bar that I have. Would soaking the knife in the 140-degree water help to swell the leather? I really don't want to replace it for sentimental reasons.
@@roberthoyle6442 I wouldn't, the water would oxidize the tang and rust it out. Instead have a professional replace the leather, or keep it as is
Thank you for this video. It answered a few questions I've had in my stacked leather project and was therapeutic to watch. It's nice to see the dense pressed leather and glue sort of becomes a machineable material.
I love your approach and style that. You use. Keep them coming, I'm learning slot.
Very nice! Well done.
Never appreciated the level of craftsmanship that was put into these knives and tools. I can’t imagine the effort it too to produce all these knives during WWII.
Good job Dustin. I'm a big fan of you and your channel.
amazing , amazing work ...........................
That handle looks fantastic, man, great job!
Thank you JB!
Gorgeous job I’m restoring one from early 1942 Wow awesome how it turned out 😅
Great job! I love restoration videos and i think this is restoration in its pure form. I have an m3 as well and the dimensions and grooves look spot on!
Excellent restoration!
Sir you do amazing work on that handle, It looks awesome. thanks for sharing , I watched every min. of the process. WOW 👍👍👍👍
Tap, tap, tap. "I'll be up in a minute." LOL, I like yer intercom system... ;-)
The hint for the loose cap - the higher temperature it takes (angle grinder) the epoxy melts - that's why it got loose. Cheers! Very nice video.
chainsaw file is the only way to make these style handles. awesome job.
Finally some good music in the background
Nice job
Very nicely done!
Very nice I enjoyed watching the process and seeing the end result.
I appreciate your craftsmanship. Great work!
Outstanding job, Sir
I liked and took note of using the mini-drum sander in the drill press. Also liked using the band saw to rough out the profiles, and using the top of the belt to contour grind said handle. On my projects I use three hacksaw blades taped together, to get the right width, and to cut the grooves in the handle.
Thank You for the whole presentation, I did learn a thing or two.....
RooDog
great job - i thought of this as you were drilling the holes in the but cap - i would have hammered in a few nails ( pick your material ) - that would have held the alignment and added a little design to the end product - i have one of these knives but a newer types with the stacked handles - love this blade - such a old school look - i used a leather lace to fill the grip grooves ( and rest of handle ) with mink oil
Well done great video
Nicely done
i have learned alot from your videos ! thank you !
Very characteristic, very beautiful, I also want to make a knife like this.
best Stacked Leather Knife Handle i've found so far, nice work
Great video, that’s a very cool thing you did bringing life back into that historic blade!
If you had given the buttcap/pommel a countersunk hole for the tang to go through before glueing it on and cut the(presumably soft) tang only very slightly longer then the end of the buttcap/pommel it would probably have been possible to have peened it over cold.
I would have never cut it off like he did then just relied on glue. It's pretty hard to call it a restoration if parts are destroyed and noobed back together.
Good job on that handle. I looks great.
Nice work, dude.
I always thought those handles were buffed on a wheel, man you do awesome work!
Really very nice..I was looking for a vid that showed exactly how to put a stacked leather with the grooves onto a handle. You did a great job in doing this and showing this old guy on how its done. Going to put one of these on an kukri that I have and it will go very well with the ka- bar knife I have from the military.
😎👍🏻
Thank you.
That was an AWESOME replacement video.Best leather handle video I have seen yet.
Nicely done.
You did an amazing job on the paratrooper knife. ..
Super well done!
Thank you for making this very informative video! I used the info you presented to help with my first stacked leather knife handle. The handle turned out great. Planning to use your beeswax finish as well.
Excellent job looks great
Great video and a great effort. I’ve got a Kbar from WW2 that my dad brought back. What you did looks similar to what I see when I look at his.
I would reccomend cold blue solution for the shiny parts on the pommel and guard so it matches better with the blued blade other than that i think it's perfect
Dude the handle turned out great! Can't wait to see some more videos!
That looks like it’s been sharpened a few times in it’s day
I've never seen that before. Always wondered how it's done. Very impressive. Like the detail of the grooves.
hermoso cuchillo y buen trabajo...saludos desde Quilpue,Chile,un abrazo gringo.
Your camera man has an excellent eye. Love the production value!
Your good at this nice patina to the leather
Beautiful work. Who could possibly give this a thumbs down?
What a beautiful job you done! You Sir, are a Master!!
That turned out really nice. Good job 😁👍
Great job overall! Gun blue works great for those fresh ground steel finishes if you want tone it back a little.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve never used Gun blue but have been interesred multiple times to try it out. Maybe I’ll try to give this a try. Thanks
or a carbon fiber decal. that would look amazing.
awesome job on the handle looks original
Great video, glad you commented on my video so I could check your stuff out.
Amazing work!
I love your worked good speak.
absolutely beautiful i have one my grandpa brought back i would like to have done all the leather is gone
I use bow string wax on my M3 and M4 handles that I replace then I use wax paper and buff it in with a shoe shine buffing style movement.
Knice! See what I did there! I saw what you did here just really super cool! I am a knife fanatic and have a 5 1/2 inch Navy K-Bar that my Grandfather carried in WWII and his son my uncle carried in Vietnam. Enjoyed thank you!
You have great skill. I couldn't produce any of these things I've watched you do even if I had your shop. Despite the fact some of them are simple in concept I'd make a huge mess of it. There's also something very relaxing about watching you work. Great channel, thanks for sharing!
More please, greetings from Warsaw Poland. Alex.
Thanks, because of this I bought a stacked leather Ontario knife, just because.
Great job, the only issue is the the leather was stacked dry, no glue at all. I still like your work.
“Ive got more leather” *camera points to dog*
And dog gets up and leaves.
😂 i haven't even watched that part into the vid. and im already laughing.
Wow great video and excellent work! 👍
Very Cool
great workmanship.Your videos are a pleasure to watch.
After watching how you did this I'm wondering if you do this for others for a fee? Because I really don't want to ruin mine by attempting this myself. That came out just like an original. Unbelievable. Great work man.
Looks Great!
Excellent!