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://i.postimg.cc/63LNRQsy/GEDC3618-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HcxK1dkg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/J4hWDmpz/GEDC3619.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/6TFPFssk)
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://i.postimg.cc/YCgDjsBS/GEDC5082.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/tsqNMDT0)
(https://i.postimg.cc/5NDk4MGG/GEDC5083.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sv9Jmb39)
(https://i.postimg.cc/158j1zWw/GEDC5084.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CzVNjwpx)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kGpYtr52/GEDC5085.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hQV1H5Tn)
(https://i.postimg.cc/PxKRTvsz/GEDC5086.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vggzvBmc)
(https://i.postimg.cc/FRhBMgqH/GEDC5087.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gwBsRRmC)
(https://i.postimg.cc/mrfqwGyM/GEDC5088.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bZg3yWMN)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3wXqfbtq/GEDC5089.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Z9qjCjtP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BQzRjF8m/GEDC5090.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BXxmyXBF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/qMq9Bw7t/GEDC5092.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SJ0ZDWCq)
Full thread with pictures here:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/2-swedish-air-force-survival-knives.1776249/
That's an amazing restoration. You should put some of that energy toward autos where your rewards would be off the chart. Again - well done!!!
Sometimes i do work on auto's, but so far i've done only a couple of regrinds on these.
Mostly it's sharpening, disassembly / cleaning, and sometimes making a new spring.