Making a WWII Stacked Leather Knife Handle
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Today in the shop I had the opportunity to create something for an old family friend, and try out a new technique at the same time.
The WWII M3 trench knives were made with stacked leather handles, and this one was damaged in a house fire. I’ve used leather in handles before but this is the first time that I have done a full stacked leather handle and I’m really happy with the way it turned out.
I hope you guys enjoy it.
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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!!!.
I love that workshop.
Finally some good music in the background
"be up in a minute" is the anthem to my shop too!
😂
Excellent restoration!
Man... You're video just have my the confidence that my own knife restoration is on the right track.
Got to give this a like simply because of what he did for a friend!
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.
Outstanding job, Sir
This was great! My grandfather made this and bayonet blades for the WW2 troops. Kudos!
nice job looks great
Outstanding restoration Incredible craftsmanship and patience 🇺🇸
You did him proud doing that to his knife. Well done sir!
Thank you John.
Nice job
Very Cool
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.
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!
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.
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.
You Sir, are a true craftsman and artist. Love watching you create some beautiful knives!!
This channel is on its way to 1M subs within a couple years.
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!
I need to put a new handle on my old ka-bar knife from my grandpa
Great restoration I have my dad's M3 from WWII you got the patina right well done!
What a beautiful job you done! You Sir, are a Master!!
i have learned alot from your videos ! thank you !
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 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.
I appreciate your craftsmanship. Great work!
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.
Great Video and excellent craftsmanship! But who else got a fright when they noticed the kid at 10:18!
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😉.
best Stacked Leather Knife Handle i've found so far, nice work
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.
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!
That was an AWESOME replacement video.Best leather handle video I have seen yet.
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 .
Very nice I enjoyed watching the process and seeing the end result.
Beautiful work. Who could possibly give this a thumbs down?
Great video, that’s a very cool thing you did bringing life back into that historic blade!
Tap, tap, tap. "I'll be up in a minute." LOL, I like yer intercom system... ;-)
Yooo that little girl in the background when you walked in the shop scared me
Nice in a time we so many are trying to re write history you preserved a piece of it!! Nice Work
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!
chainsaw file is the only way to make these style handles. awesome job.
Amazing work! Loved how well it turned out. Great job!
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!
I love your approach and style that. You use. Keep them coming, I'm learning slot.
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.
Excellent job looks great
Dude the handle turned out great! Can't wait to see some more videos!
great workmanship.Your videos are a pleasure to watch.
Amazing work!
Nicely done.
Very nicely done!
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.
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.
I've never seen that before. Always wondered how it's done. Very impressive. Like the detail of the grooves.
Good job Dustin. I'm a big fan of you and your channel.
Super well done!
This is awesome. I just picked up an m3. It needs a handle !!
Looks Great!
Your camera man has an excellent eye. Love the production value!
Should have waited and bought a $4. Tap!
Nicely done
Great to see new content. Love your knife work.
Excellent!
amazing , amazing work ...........................
Really enjoyable to watch. Beautiful work as always!
awesome job on the handle looks original
Just wanted to say you do grate work.
Thank you Gary. Thanks for watching.
Excellent!!!
Good job on that handle. I looks great.
Very nice! Well done.
That handle looks fantastic, man, great job!
Thank you JB!
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
Wow great video and excellent work! 👍
Thanks, because of this I bought a stacked leather Ontario knife, just because.
Amazing job. I have my dad's, I'll bring it in to show you.
That turned out really nice. Good job 😁👍
Well done great video
You did an amazing job on the paratrooper knife. ..
Nice job !!!!
Great video! Loved the end product!
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.
hermoso cuchillo y buen trabajo...saludos desde Quilpue,Chile,un abrazo gringo.
Gorgeous job I’m restoring one from early 1942 Wow awesome how it turned out 😅
Good job. Grüße aus Deutschland
More please, greetings from Warsaw Poland. Alex.
Beautiful knife handle!
Your good at this nice patina to the leather
I always thought those handles were buffed on a wheel, man you do awesome work!
Nice work, dude.
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.
Great restoration - just enough done.
Beautiful job sir. Looks perfectly aged
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.
I love your worked good speak.
Awesome job Sir. I really enjoyed watching that knife come to life. That is why i have just subscribed to you. Absolutely great craftsmanship.
God bless you great job lots of love in it