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In the Shop => Knife Sharpening => Topic started by: kwakster on April 19, 2025, 08:46:25 PM

Title: Knife restoration - Vintage Pontus Holmberg survival knife
Post by: kwakster on April 19, 2025, 08:46:25 PM
Restoring older knives is one of my hobbies, and i think this one came out rather well.
No Tormek involved, all regrinding/sharpening was done by hand on a bench stone and refining on wet & dry paper.
The knife is a made in Sweden Pontus Holmberg first model survival knife for the Swedish Air Force, made between 1948 and 1952.

This is how the knife looked when i bought it:

https://imgur.com/a/Vt5550U

And this is how the knife looks now.
Blade has been hand reground/reshaped to it's original full convex shape, and in the handle the rotted leather midsection was replaced with new leather.
Sheath was also hand restitched and waxed.

https://imgur.com/a/8zYNjpY