Old Timer 33OT Folding Knife Repair - Schrade blade replacement (Swinden Key)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Video showing how I replaced the blade on my Old Timer 33OT folding pocket knife. This is the 1st time I've ever done this so I'm sure there is a better way, but I'm happy with the result. I replaced the original swinden key pins with through-pins.
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Man, I knew those gigantic Pakistani wooden scaled 70s lockbacks, were good for something. Just didn’t know it was for splitting an old timer in half. Great video dude..
Ha. Ya - bigger isn't always better LOL.
When you put your pins in you should taper the end. Helps guide it threw the holes. Thanks for your video!
Thanks for posting , it really helped me see what the inside looked like !
After you took it apart, did it look like you could have reversed the spring and small blade to the other side? Maybe you could have had a blade for each end. Also, the old broken blade could have been reprofiled into a sheepsfoot blade to replace the small one if you never used the pen blade. Food for thought.
Good video. I'd wondered how to do that, and now I know.
Loved it! Id love to see how to repin new covers and haft them etc.
The swinden joint is made so that you can simply remove the hinge pin (center pin) and take the knife apart by sliding it apart! To my knowledge this is more difficult than said because as the knife is opened and closed over time, the slot (key hole) fills with dirt and grime and can actually wedge the knife stuck together! Best to use Dawn dish soap to clean the knife thoroughly with a toothbrush at the joint, use something like a needle with a slightly bent over tip to dig out debris by keeping the knife slightly opened enough to see the key hole! If you can accomplish this, you won't need to cut the bolster pins or replace them!
right I was like live and learn young man lol.
Very well done. Exactly right.
I hear Tom Petty playing in the background 🙂
i found a dealer that has lots of schrade usa blades, pins, shields, many blades under 50 cents but no 125ot frames and blades
Very helpful, thanks
They make acrowning tool to form the pins witha nice radius .
Man you just made yourself a whole lot of work on that knife you didn't need to do. Them keyhole bolsters, or swinden joint it's called pops off easy, in ten minutes you could have changed out that blade all you needed to do was pop out the spring lock bars pin in the middle then just pull downward on the two sides and the bolsters pop out of the key slot then just re pin it is all you had to do!!
@@Kodiak_Edge I figured the swinden key pins would be too tight to separate without breaking them anyway. I’m no pro I just like to fiddle with things like this. Either way I have the knife back in service.
I though big blade went on the right sidec
Wow 💥 great job ! Wear'd you get big chunk' of steel ?
Acquired that from my Dad's garage many years ago, no idea where it came from...... Comes in handy though, like a mini anvil.
Cool. Thanks!
Do the old blades fit in the new models?
@@bwest8372 I’m not sure. Search for a replacement blade for your model online or on eBay maybe.
@@RepairNut I love this tiny little 108OT but I have another 1 a tad bigger I think it's a 58 the old Ulster 1 from the cigarette tin. I been trying to find a way to fix it without having to drill through it but looks like it may be the only option.
I have a problem finding the replacement blades. With the proper manufacture stamp.
I got lucky and found it on eBay. I have a couple extra somewhere if I can find them (was a few years ago now).........
Hello, question are the bolster solid steel or are they a cap? Planning on doing some engraving but not sure how deep I can go. Great video btw
Not sure the type of metal the bolsters are, but they're pretty tough and I would bet they will take an engraving. You could put a magnet on it to see if it's steel maybe.
Swinden key slot bolsters are semi hollow, the hollow bit is just the key hole (key way) for the pin, you have maybe a good 1-1.5mm (depending on the knife) before you bore into that slot! The bolsters are usually nickel silver on most traditional slip joints!
I like it
Do you know anyone who could possibly help repair my knife?
You should use the rounded, peen end of that ball peen hammer to peen those pins.
Thx for the tip
I wouldn’t mind paying an expert to help me fix my knife. Does anyone do this kind of thing?
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You could have just tapped the blade pin out, put in new blade and new pin and peened it. You made a lot more work for yourself removing pins that you did not need to.
The bolster pins (swinden keys) are not visible once the knife is assembled. (No pins are visible on the outside of bolsters originally). This is why I had to destructively separate the knife. The only way I had to reassemble was to drill through-holes into the bolster and attach with regular pins. The original internal pins are called Swinden pins - they don't go through the bolsters by design, no possible way to tap out as you mention.
Slip joint
Who can repair this types of pocket knifes
Unfortunately I do not know.
it is not worth the labor cost ruclips.net/video/X44CxU2wtOk/видео.html
Depending on what you need done, I can maybe help!
Can’t believe you’re wasting your time on this knife, in the 1960s those knives where not good at all. Wouldn’t stay sharp and after a year the pins would loosen. My friends all had Case
Ya I have several case knives and they are my favorite. This old timer was just sentimental thats all. My Dad carried it around as a utility knife and he's no longer with us, so I wanted to fix it. Plus I like to tinker with stuff.