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#191944 - 02/02/21 02:33 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Andrea Corzani]
GCTom41 Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/25/10 Posts: 2370 Loc: NY	Welcome Andrea! Tom Flynn _________________________ Tom Flynn NRA Endowment RKS#5918 RKCC-CM-178 SCI Life Member DSC Life Member
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#191946 - 02/02/21 05:53 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: GCTom41]
BladesNBarrels Knife Enthusiast Registered: 09/19/05 Posts: 1414 Loc: East Tincup General Store,Colo...	Welcome to the forum! _________________________ David Loomis RKS# 724 RKCC# CM-061 Molon Labe
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#191951 - 02/02/21 09:51 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: BladesNBarrels]
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	Welcome! _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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#191953 - 02/03/21 12:38 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: coachblalock]
Shoot870p Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/12/17 Posts: 1521	Welcome! Good to have you with us Walker _________________________ Shoot870p
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#192124 - 02/10/21 11:00 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Andrea Corzani]
Andrea Corzani Just dropped in Registered: 02/01/21 Posts: 4 Loc: ITALY	I hope that the insertion of the photos has been done correctly. This is a my friend's 12-9 (from the 80s, I think) that I would like to buy. Unfortunately the father kept it in the sheat hanging on the wall, and the light darkened the micarta handle. only part of the handle remained clear, as you can see. I have two questions: 1) can the handle be returned to its original light color? how could this be done? 2) what value could this knife have? Thanks in advance for the answers you can give me. Andrea Attachments ------ ------ _________________________ Andrea Corzani
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#192126 - 02/10/21 01:55 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Andrea Corzani]
Gert Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/19/13 Posts: 286 Loc: The Netherlands	Hello Andrea, and welcome from a fellow European! The question about value I would gladly leave to others here who are much more knowledgeable. The question about the darkened Micarta I can answer as a knife maker of 42 years. You can only remove the darker color by removing some of the material, and it depends on the Micarta how deep the darkening has gone. In my experience it can easily be 2 mm. I don't know if that would be desirable, to me it would not be. What's more: you cannot keep the material from darkening, because it darkens because of UV light. Personally I would expose the lighter part of the handle to sunlight, so the lighter part becomes as dark as the darker part. My 2 cents. A beautiful Sportsman's Bowie by the way.
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#192127 - 02/10/21 05:21 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Gert]
Eric Knife Enthusiast Registered: 11/18/15 Posts: 1668 Loc: Michigan	You can send it to a knife maker and have them sand it down. It will darken again, but you can make sure it does it evenly. I had a scrim removed from the pictured knife. It turned out well I think. I was lucky to get Don Hedrick to do it. Attachments ------ _________________________ Eric
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#192135 - 02/11/21 01:56 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Gert]
Andrea Corzani Just dropped in Registered: 02/01/21 Posts: 4 Loc: ITALY	Thanks Gert, also I think it’s the only way. But what do you think about a scrimshaw in the lighter part of the handle? Something like a trout that jumps out of the water ... Andrea _________________________ Andrea Corzani
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#192136 - 02/11/21 02:01 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Eric]
Andrea Corzani Just dropped in Registered: 02/01/21 Posts: 4 Loc: ITALY	Eric, who sanded the handle did a very great job, beautiful knife! My fear is that if the dark color is 2mm deep I risk to change the shape of the handle loosing the original profile of all the knife; and also its value. Thanks for you reply! Andrea _________________________ Andrea Corzani
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#192143 - 02/11/21 10:26 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 12 [Re: Andrea Corzani]
Gert Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/19/13 Posts: 286 Loc: The Netherlands	A good Scrimshaw is always nice. But I think the lighter part will darken over time if exposed to light.
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