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#1
General Tormek Questions / Re: EzyLock Best Practice
Last post by Ken S - Yesterday at 11:32:14 PMRich,
My gut feeling agrees with yours. I also feel your design will be less prone to falling wheels.
Ken
My gut feeling agrees with yours. I also feel your design will be less prone to falling wheels.
Ken
#2
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by Ken S - Yesterday at 09:10:41 PMWell done, Kwakster! A labor of love which has produced a worthy knife.
I'm curious as to how you resolved the earlier problem with your photos.
Ken
I'm curious as to how you resolved the earlier problem with your photos.
Ken
#3
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by kwakster - Yesterday at 08:33:11 PMRe-uploaded the pics using another image hoster.
I found this knife on the bottom of a cardboard box filled with Chinese junk knives in a local open air antique market, complete with blue Moroccan leather pocket pouch, and i paid 10 Euro for it.
The idea was to make it usable again, not to remove all traces of age & use.
The knife was made between 1885 and 1900, and i carry it often; it's still a delight to use.
I found this knife on the bottom of a cardboard box filled with Chinese junk knives in a local open air antique market, complete with blue Moroccan leather pocket pouch, and i paid 10 Euro for it.
The idea was to make it usable again, not to remove all traces of age & use.
The knife was made between 1885 and 1900, and i carry it often; it's still a delight to use.
#4
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by Ken S - July 10, 2026, 12:06:54 AMOne of our members alerted me about the problem with the photos. I have contacted Tormek IT and will keep the forum posted. I recall a similar situation several years ago when another platform switched to fee only.
Ken
Ken
#5
General Tormek Questions / Re: EzyLock Best Practice
Last post by RichColvin - July 09, 2026, 08:36:51 PMI've created some 3D-printable grindstone stands to allow them to be easily stored vertically. The designs are available at the Sharpening Handbook (https://sharpeninghandbook.info/Jigs-GrindstoneStand.html).
My gut feeling is that this is a better way to store the grindstones than by hanging them by their arbor on a peg (I just feel that aligning the grindstone's opening with the peg will wear on the opening).
My gut feeling is that this is a better way to store the grindstones than by hanging them by their arbor on a peg (I just feel that aligning the grindstone's opening with the peg will wear on the opening).
#6
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by kwakster - July 08, 2026, 07:19:53 PMThe finished knife.
Both blades can now shave armhair above the skin, the joints have had a few drops of 5-weight Nano-Oil, and the knife is fully usable again.
Both blades can now shave armhair above the skin, the joints have had a few drops of 5-weight Nano-Oil, and the knife is fully usable again.
#7
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by kwakster - July 08, 2026, 07:18:24 PMHow the main blade currently looks.
It's surfaces have for now been finished on 1000 grit wet & dry on a semi-hard rubber backing using WD40 oil as a lubricant.
A microbevel has been applied on the white sticks of a Spyderco Sharpmaker at the ~30 degrees inclusive setting, again using some WD40.
And the smaller blade:
It's surfaces have for now been finished on 1000 grit wet & dry on a semi-hard rubber backing using WD40 oil as a lubricant.
A microbevel has been applied on the white sticks of a Spyderco Sharpmaker at the ~30 degrees inclusive setting, again using some WD40.
And the smaller blade:
#8
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by kwakster - July 08, 2026, 07:17:27 PMAs i intend to carry & use this well made old knife for a while i'm treating it to some TLC.
Already cleaned everything thoroughly using toothpicks, a old toothbrush, an ultrasonic cleaner, and also electrolytically.
Then removed the bladeplay in the pivot and gave the old wood panels a few coats of IKEA mineral oil and a topcoat of Granger's wax.
Currently in the process of reshaping & regrinding both blades, the points of which now don't stick out of the handle in the closed position anymore.
This is the smaller blade after hand regrinding it ever so slightly convex on 400 grit wet & dry SiC paper clamped on a piece of hardened glass using WD40 as a lubricant.
There's a visible burr all along the edge, so it's now ready for one or more refining steps.
The single sided swedge was redone with a small diamond file.
And the larger blade.
It's double sided swedge was also redone with the small diamond file.
Already cleaned everything thoroughly using toothpicks, a old toothbrush, an ultrasonic cleaner, and also electrolytically.
Then removed the bladeplay in the pivot and gave the old wood panels a few coats of IKEA mineral oil and a topcoat of Granger's wax.
Currently in the process of reshaping & regrinding both blades, the points of which now don't stick out of the handle in the closed position anymore.
This is the smaller blade after hand regrinding it ever so slightly convex on 400 grit wet & dry SiC paper clamped on a piece of hardened glass using WD40 as a lubricant.
There's a visible burr all along the edge, so it's now ready for one or more refining steps.
The single sided swedge was redone with a small diamond file.
And the larger blade.
It's double sided swedge was also redone with the small diamond file.
#9
Knife Sharpening / Re: Knife restoration - NYKC H...
Last post by kwakster - July 08, 2026, 07:16:41 PMOn most period Hammer Brand knives the tang stamp shows a shorter upper arm section with a bulging bicep, while on mine the upper arm is more elongated and without that pronound bicep.
Speculating i would think that the bulging bicep could be seen as an improvement from a marketing point of view, making the tang stamp on my knife an older version.
Picture from the tang stamp with the more commonly seen muscular arm:
The stamp on my knife:
Speculating i would think that the bulging bicep could be seen as an improvement from a marketing point of view, making the tang stamp on my knife an older version.
Picture from the tang stamp with the more commonly seen muscular arm:
The stamp on my knife:
#10
Knife Sharpening / Knife restoration - NYKC Hamme...
Last post by kwakster - July 08, 2026, 07:15:42 PMRecently i bought this old Hammer Brand 2 bladed jackknife, made by the New York Knife Company in Walden, New York.
The company was operational from 1856 until 1931, when it closed it's doors.
The main blade seems to have an early version of the arm holding a forging hammer, and this is how the knife looked when i got it.
The blades on these knives were forged from crucible steel:
Old image of the New York Knife Company situated on the Walkill River.
The company was operational from 1856 until 1931, when it closed it's doors.
The main blade seems to have an early version of the arm holding a forging hammer, and this is how the knife looked when i got it.
The blades on these knives were forged from crucible steel:
Old image of the New York Knife Company situated on the Walkill River.