Imperial WWII era Navy Utility Easy Open Knife ….. HoooooAhhhhhh!
on January 16th, 2012 at 7:01 pmThere's knothing quite like burning sandpaper (not as in a bomb fire, rather as in a constant rubbing back and forth motion) to make a knife come to life.
I scored this piece of steel history recently and immediately went to rubbing and polishing.
These are the BEFORE PICS:
And…………………………the AFTER PICS:
I've attached a paracord from Tony at Paracord Gear Store and now this knife is easily accessible.
The way it works is; the paracord is attached to the bail on the knife. Now I can drop the knife into my pocket. I then pick up the slack (using a fishing mental image here) and let the rest of the paracord dangle out side my pocket. To access, I simply grab the dangling paracord and lift up and flip into my hand!! It's very similiar to an assisted-open knife. No? You don't think so? Ok, maybe I'm stretching it a little, but it sure beats diving down to the bottom of my pocket past my cigar lighters, SAK and money. Now, before I let you go…..the key element in carrying this vintage knife is the bail. In order for this dangling carry style to be effective the knife must have a bail on the end.
If you're wanting to have a vintage pocket knife cleaned up and shiny contact me and I'll quote you a price!
Steel history sahlute!
Scott
Oiled the joints with my fav oil – Quick Release Oil – check out the video: http://pocketknivesblog.com/put-the-snap-back-in-knives-quick-release-oil-video/