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Nice work. A bit of history on your knife. It’s from the late 30’s or early 40’s. I have my fathers knife from that period, only made by Boulder Knife from Boulder, Colorado. Upon getting into WW2 we needed everything. The government bought commercial knives like yours (and my Dads) to issue to pilots, sailors...everybody not issued a bayonet. Individuals also bought their own. There were many makers. By 1943 the government got contracts for a similar knife going. Kabar had such a contract. Contract knives had a long 7-8 digit war material board number stamped into the tang. People think it’s a S/N but it’s actually like a part number. One easy tell is pommel. They specified steel as opposed to aluminium. Your aluminium pommel tells you it’s pre-contract. I have my Vietnam era survival knife by Kabar. Also contract. Sadly in bad shape like that knife of yours. Its even more utilitarian with a steel butt and guard. But it still has the stacked leather washer grip. Just thought you’d like to know. Keep on keeping on.

Awesome job, beautiful knife and sheath

BEAUTIFUL !!

Очень хорошая работа. Нож не отправился на свалку. Нож получил вторую жизнь. Мастеру 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I love how you use traditional methods and mfing magic to restore this knife😂😂

Oh my goodness absolutely love your videos xx❤️❤️👵🏻🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Respect sent from an old knife maker .

You legit kept it to its same design, I can respect that

Absolutely gorgeous. I love that you remade the sheath, too.

when I first clicked on the video I thought it was one of those million subs channels. Nope! Underrated content 😁 Very good quality

LOVE your cutting with your hand - truly astounding

I like the little touch of silver in the middle of the handle. Really good

Great job

Great work love seeing older things come to life

You’re best craftsman! You’re best magician! You’re so genius! Best knife that I’ve ever had seen! Cool KZfaq show!

Really nice save. Can't find knives made like those older ones.

Nice job

Excellent work. I really appreciate that you didn't use glue or epoxy on the grip.

That new sheath you made.Looks very good!

Hella dope results on both the knife & sheath, @lostandrestored!

Very Nice

Good job on the knife and on making a new sheath for it. You sharpened it well.

Looks great , nice i like

Man that turned out really nice!!👍🤠

Well that was the coolest thing I've seen today. 💓beautiful 😍

Great restoration. Beautiful.

Beautiful job!!!!

Wow. What craftsmanship. I'd love to own that beautiful knife

Very beautiful work!

super cool and satisfying..especially the fact that they cut well too

Looks great!! Enjoyed the video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Best result👍

Beautiful job my friend looks awsome

Great job. I enjoyed the video.

wow great...lookin very rusty dear i love this kind of things

Well done! Nice sheath too. I enjoyed this one. Take care.

BEAUTIFUL

Great work! It turned out awesome!

Not expecting new cover,but nice you did it. Extremely good result.

...VERY NICE RESTO..

Fantastic work 💪

Excellent restoration as usual dude 👏👏👏 restoring the sheath was even better. You are a craftsman. 👍👍👍

Your work is inspiring. Very beautiful job buddy, as always like 👍

Wow 💥 !!! I love it ! 🔪

Pro!!💪💪❤️❤️

Beautiful job man.👍👍

Great work and a nice new cover

Super! You are a real master

did great. well done👍

Hermoso trabajo felicidades

I liked the Hong-Kong-Phooey Chop😁

Hello beautiful restoration well restored well done

Very nice job.

Amazing 👍👍👍👍😀

Muy buena restauración. Ah, menudas manos tan afiladas tienes : con golpes de cárate cortas el metal 😊 👌👍🇪🇸

Very nice job really first rate and the sheath has well 👍 👏

It's awesome. Good work bro

Can you do a video just on that crazy karate chop thing. I don’t own a saw so it might be helpful. Lol

police - "you are carrying a knife for hunting - what do you hunt with a knife" me - "enemy"

Lavoro fatto con molta cura dei particolari! Sei molto bravo! Complimenti.

interesting handle..👍👍👍

Amazing video! Like it!👍

Muito bom gostei demais !

It was perfect my friend. Congratulations on the video. I'm already your subscriber. A hug from Brazil.

good job bro

I feel like im watching Jack Black refurbish a knife the way you were karate chopping the wood lol. Keep it up JB!

wow👍 i stay tuned and wait for more videos. i think i can still learn something for my channel here.

i had one of these back in the 70s when i was a bit younger, i never realised it was a pilot knife, i gave some abuse to say the least but it wouldn't brake, i swapped it in the end for a durex.

錆びたナイフの復元に秀樹感激Goodです=3

Beau travail.

Linda demais

Nice video, great outcome and a question how long does it take to restore these

Verye good bro

молодец...

Supercool

Very nice. How did you cut the slots in the discs?

me gusto mas la funda de cuero que el cuchillo

Love your work ( new sub)

Awesome work. I have that same knife and love it. Hey I have a question for you. I have the green harbor freight 1x30, and if I ever press even lightly against the area with the steel support (I forget it’s name, the platon?) when sanding the sander seems to start kind of skipping and makes a chattering sound and doesn’t sand smooth anymore

I love K-Bar knives, and I've never seen one with that cool little leather braid at the bottom of the leather stack....any idea how to find one??

Antique people hate restoration videos because in their minds the antique is destroyed through the restoration because you lose more of the original piece the harder you work on it. An antique dealer (or buyer), normally will want the device with the patina and original sheath... even if that means the antique looks broken and nonfunctional. The type of restoration you are doing makes the antique look new and reduces the value of the item. If this makes you happy and the piece isn't an overly valuable antique... I say go for it because it looks freaking awesome. It's your knife! I think you made the right call... now the knife is a user!!!

Beautiful piece & have you ever restored samurai?

Me: No way he can restore this Lost & Restored: Hold my hunting knife

Hi sor mazing pice of work you that you dun their sir lvly and rustic lvly job on the leather sheath to big👍👍up to you keep doi knives sir please thank you🤪dino in uk

Класс

Show 👏👏🇧🇷👍

Noo ıt looks like a bread knife at the end, you killed it

Wow very good comment

How do you find stuff like this

Nice restoration, but when you have something as sharp as the side of your right hang, why would you need a knife?

Блеск-изыск --- в итоге.Снимаю шляпу...Спасибо !

6:35 I wish I had your skills. You should have waxed the string for the case.

Can anybody imagine what life would be like without sandpaper................................

How can I get rusted knives and items

Restore the lost and restored sing

А что это у него клинок по ттношению к рукоятке.... Задран????? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Whatever culture that makes these knives i.e. mexican, German, american, these knives never age well, mine is an old German boyscouts stag knife, the leather stacking at the base of the hilt was the first to deteriorate and now the knife wobbles in the hand. Absolutely take good care of these knives they're great when maintained!

До конца сложно было работу довести?

The union cutlery company started using KA BAR as a trademark in 1923 after a fur trapper was attacked by a wounded bear and killed it with one of their knifes.