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luvmysuper

My elbows leak
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So I found this for a reasonable price
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A weekend in the shop, a sandblaster and some paint. A little polishing on the blade and a few passes across a powered water stone. A hunk of Mesquite to add some mass & stability. If I stumble across brass rivets, I'll replace the silver hardware.

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Inspired by the great job in this post, I ordered a Reading Hardware Company Standard Tobacco Knife off of eBay.
It arrived in a box with 4 plastic bags as packing, and the bumping around broke several cast iron nibs off of it.

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Out of the box it looked like this

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The seller refunded and said to just toss it. I decided to try a fix.
After a soak in evaporust and a thorough scrubbing, I drilled a hole in the broken tab and the cutter body and put a steel pin in, held in place with JB Weld. I made a nub out of JB Weld on the other broken area.

Wire brushed everything, so it already looks better

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Started working on the blade. I thought about putting a mirror finish on it, but to get rid of all of the tiny pits would thin the blade too much, so I just cleaned it up.
Before and after.
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Have to let the paint and the JB Weld cure for 48 hours, then I'll reassemble and see if the fix worked!
 

brandaves

With a great avatar comes great misidentification
I have the same cutter at home and need to do a similar overhaul on mine...although I'm not sure that I have the requisite skill to duplicate your work. Truly a fantastic job.

I need to actually replace the blade on mine. I'm still mulling over how exactly to go about doing that. I was thinking of canibalizing a relatively cheap blade for the job, but I don't know.
 

luvmysuper

My elbows leak
Staff member
I have the same cutter at home and need to do a similar overhaul on mine...although I'm not sure that I have the requisite skill to duplicate your work. Truly a fantastic job.

I need to actually replace the blade on mine. I'm still mulling over how exactly to go about doing that. I was thinking of canibalizing a relatively cheap blade for the job, but I don't know.
Get a cheap cleaver and cut a blade from it.
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