Transforming a $10 Knife Into a $100 Gem!

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29 күн бұрын

Watch as we transform a $10 Kabar knife into a $100 gem with a few simple upgrades. This DIY project is perfect for knife enthusiasts looking to upgrade their collection.
Watch as I take a $10 vintage Kabar folding hunter knife and transform it into a $100 masterpiece in this exciting restoration video. I replace the main blade pin, remove rust, and give the two blades new razor-sharp edges, bringing this old gem back to life. Don't miss this satisfying transformation!
Stay tuned for the step-by-step process and witness the magic unfold as this vintage knife gets a new lease on life.
Unlock the potential of old treasures with me as we turn a neglected find into a valuable masterpiece.
Experience the thrill of restoration and witness the stunning before-and-after results in this captivating video.
Prepare to be amazed by the incredible journey from a $10 vintage knife to a $100 masterpiece!
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@randycarter2427 24 күн бұрын

Now that is what this show is all about. Great Video Doc.

@user-zj8mx6mf5n 27 күн бұрын

I have the exact same knife that was my grandpa's. Ever since I was a kid I thought it was the coolest knife ever.

@larry-ht6yb 26 күн бұрын

I'm like many other we come to see the old knives saved this one was you're best video yet.

@larry-ht6yb 27 күн бұрын

Now that was a great "Knife Doctor" video. Thanks

@roymontgomery2005 26 күн бұрын

My favourite one yet. You showed more of the repairs and I loved that. Keep it up

@lowrangeoverland9013 27 күн бұрын

Saved another one Doc‼️🗡️🏆🥇

@BryansKnivesKy 27 күн бұрын

Really sweet looking Kabar! Great job bringing this one back to life. It deserved some TLC!

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thanks Bryan!

@JamesPoore-bw5rr 27 күн бұрын

Awesome job on that knife you do fabulous work . Love the videos keep them coming . Have a bless day.

@garysorrells8133 27 күн бұрын

That's a sweet old Kabar. My Dad had one like that when I was a kid in the 1950s. I sliced the tip off of my index finger with it while whittling a little thin stick and still have the scar to remind me of it some 70 years later.

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Wow! Thanks for sharing this! I love stories like this!

@jonpondi1206 27 күн бұрын

If that KaBar had a tail it would be wagging like crazy, beautiful knife and beautiful job! Man I can’t wait until your knife shop is done, it will be a beauty.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@jth56 27 күн бұрын

Great job on restoring that sweet knife. The Doctor has brought back life one more time. Good looking sheath also!

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Thank you sir!! God Bless!

@hamishmacdonald9179 27 күн бұрын

Mr Kevin - that K Bar is sick bro !

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@darrellbroomhall7020 27 күн бұрын

Mr. K the smaller blade was super cool. I'm not a military man, but some of the best men I have ever known were Marines. Thanks for your vlogs.

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Awesome sir! Thanks for sharing this! God Bless!

@lannylancaster62 27 күн бұрын

A great project knife. I had not seen a Kabar like that before. You certainly transformed it into quite a gem. Might be time for a little grease on the old Craftsman vice 😀

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

LOL! You are correct! Thanks for watching!

@Jimthechevywheelman 27 күн бұрын

Great video Kevin! Thank you

@Jimthechevywheelman 27 күн бұрын

I seldom read directions … thanks for reading the glue direction’s to me ( seriously) … I knew about some of outside wood glue dampening… but didn’t know that with the gorilla glue superglue… I wonder if that’s true with other superglue? It seems like I learned something new almost every time I watch your show.!! My old buddy that I used to work with , his grandmother that he often quoted: ‘ two knuckleheads are better than one’… and I guess that’s why my grandfather used to tell me that listening was the most important part of a conversation. Those grandparents and the seeds they plant? I guess it’s a lesson to all of us grandparents.. I try to talk to my grand kids - spend time with em. (I feel like they moved 200 miles an hour and I’m just barely moving at 15 miles an hour.) Last time my seven-year-old granddaughter visited for a few days she had a list! A rather long list, of things she wanted to do… I need a couple days after her visit to rest lol. You have encouraged me to work with some folders Kevin … I had brought some kitchen and hunting blades back to life in the past… but just didn’t get enthusiastic about touching some old folders knives sleeping in a box that needed attention… it’s been a good feeling using those old ‘friends’. Thanks.

@user-lp9ou6uy8u 27 күн бұрын

Fantastic job, I love that knfe

@Restorationandbuys 27 күн бұрын

GOOD MORNING

@stormsigma 27 күн бұрын

Doc Kevin, saving lives of elegant old knives!!!

@bobbyd4400 27 күн бұрын

Awsome as usual doc

@casexx94 27 күн бұрын

You’ve done it again Doc! Turned someone’s old hammer into a sweet knife. I was expecting some drill press footage for you to add a lanyard hole to it.

@TheFROSTER420 27 күн бұрын

Buddy! you friggin' out did yourself on this one, absolutely beautiful work.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@brianlurten3028 27 күн бұрын

I bought one like that last year. Great knife. Have a great day

@richardvirchow3390 27 күн бұрын

It’s great to watch you perform a “surgery” on one of your knives. Well done, Doc.

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

@will5602 27 күн бұрын

I love those old folding hunters! I have to find me one of those for my collection.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

This is the first one I’ve ver come across.

@tedhart7708 27 күн бұрын

Awesome transformation, Doc! That ol' Kabar's looking good now!!👍🏻

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you sir!!

@timwhite4584 27 күн бұрын

Nice repair on the kabar 1184 good job. Hoorah 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🏻💪🏻

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

27 күн бұрын

My new favorite video!

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@glennking8206 27 күн бұрын

Another successful patient.

@mcm4point2o 27 күн бұрын

happy Saturday guys lets have a good one today!!

@bruceowens3258 27 күн бұрын

Great video DOC Semper Fi Marine 💪...

@timwilliams8343 27 күн бұрын

Doc that was one of your better "Surgeries" on that great vintage Kabar knife! Thanks for showing.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@Erwin_AMS 25 күн бұрын

Nice job, can see you keep the knife intact as much as possible and dont intend to make it look like new, interesting for me as a beginning knife restorer :)

@theodorehowe2262 27 күн бұрын

Good job on the Kabar

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@terrillschneider3778 27 күн бұрын

Nice job Kevin You have a lot more patience than I do

@knifecoop001 25 күн бұрын

Nice job on the Kabar repair!

@theknifedoctor 25 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@benbrennan7663 27 күн бұрын

Great video Kevin.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@R.H.bladeNshade 27 күн бұрын

Another amazing restoration/transformation!! You always do a bang up job Doc!! Thanks for sharing that jewel!!

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@federicogarcia4950 27 күн бұрын

Good morning Doctor kevyn from Chicago

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Good morning! Thanks for watching from the Windy City!!

@howardkayecrabyman 27 күн бұрын

Very good job 👏 I hope you put that in the auction I'll bid on it. GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸 🙏

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

It’s a keeper. LOL

@motaman8074 27 күн бұрын

Excellent work. Beauty!

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@phillipr538 27 күн бұрын

I have one of those KABAR folding hunters also. The blades were beat up a little from bad sharpening. I have a friend clean it up for me. He was contracted out to do repairs for a couple different knife companies. I sent 2 other folder hunters to him, Schrade models. He made me some Frankenstein knives. New handles and USA blades from other brands.

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Very cool!!

@josemariaurbizo3915 27 күн бұрын

Nice restoration, the knife is of good quality. Thanks Doctor!

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@TheDude-pr6ug 27 күн бұрын

Reminds me of my dad,same knife he carried, till his death in 1981, I was 15

@CuttingEdgetools 27 күн бұрын

I picked up one of these KaBar folding hunters with Delrin stag scales months back. I’m pretty convinced Queen Cutlery actually made most of those for KABAR’ Union cut. Queen made quite a few contract knives for others. Camillus’ and Utica did also. Nice resto👍

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you and thanks for sharing this!

@kencragun3319 26 күн бұрын

Great video. A couple of months ago I restored a Kabar 1184 that I picked up cheap on eBay. It was rusted closed, but I was able to clean it up nicely. I love the size and weight of this knife. The one I purchased has a lanyard hole in the lower bolster.

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Awesomeness!! Love a lanyard hole.

@debbiej.2168 27 күн бұрын

Don’t think I would have paid $10 for that, but you did a good job on it.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, most people don’t have the eye for knives like I do. I knew I could repair it and on another thing…you just don’t see the KaBar folding hunters very much. That’s why I paid $10 for it.

@ryanshippee4881 27 күн бұрын

Beautiful work knife dr.!

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@KERNARMS 27 күн бұрын

I was able to snag a USA shrade folding hunter the other day.. it’s in great shape but just dirty as all get out.. can’t wait to bring it back and give it to my boy. Thanks for the video man! I love it 👍 Oh.. watch em’ fingers pal 😀

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

LOL! Thank you! I love those Schrade folding hunters! Great knives! Awesome Carbon steel in them too.

@davedoughty1213 27 күн бұрын

Well done Kevin!!! Great work on bringing back this old Kabar!!! Thanks again for reigniting my knife collection and rehabbing. I’m working on some great finds and interesting pieces. Take care Kevin!! The Old Army Scout…

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Awesome sir! Thank you for your service!

@cynthiajeffrey 27 күн бұрын

Good morning! That was inspiring for sure! Love that old k-bar.😊 blessings to you.🙏

@kenbates1354 27 күн бұрын

Nice restoration!👍🏻

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@StephenTunender 27 күн бұрын

Nice fix doc!

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@philipstephan5451 27 күн бұрын

Great video Doc. Take care . 😊

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@TimothyCibula-vh5ip 26 күн бұрын

Welcome

@fredcox6994 27 күн бұрын

Great job Doc. Shines like new money inside and out. I just picked up an Old Timer of the same style and size, but the secondary blade is a saw that does not have a nail nick, but the tip hangs out past the bolster so you can open it. Gotta clean it up and give it a couple licks on the stone.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@user-ow7yg6sb6d 27 күн бұрын

Good morning

@Gingerbeard_Knifeworx 27 күн бұрын

Awesome video doc! That's a great restoration doc! God bless you and your family!

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Thanks

@TimothyCibula-vh5ip 27 күн бұрын

That is really awesome looks really good love it

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@ellsworthcrawford2074 27 күн бұрын

Great job it's a beauty

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@10gaugeTroy 27 күн бұрын

Good morning everyone!!!

@Kodiak_Edge 27 күн бұрын

Leets go fishing lol

@danielruthven2739 25 күн бұрын

Man that is a nice Kabar folder, never seen one like that. I found a lock back Kabar in an antique store that was from the 80s not usa made though, made in Hong Kong. It has a black handle with mirror polished blade and bolsters. It looks really good. It was new in the box with the original Kabar collectors club paperwork in it. Have you watched the Kabar story on you tube. It's a great documentary.

@theknifedoctor 19 күн бұрын

I have watched it. I’ll check it out! Thanks for sharing!!

@johnmahoney2178 27 күн бұрын

Nice job on the KABAR as always another great video.💯🇺🇸👍

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@radar468 27 күн бұрын

Nice work

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@user-Bladewalker 27 күн бұрын

My dad loved kabar I can remember like it was yesterday. I love the older kabar. What an informational video. I need a case shield for a big trapper I am redoing for dad. Do you know where I can get one ? Is it just through case ? Anyways brother Kevin I appreciate you sir for all you do a d for the prayers for me. You are much appreciated and loved

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Thank you and thanks for sharing this! Case XX would be the one to reach out to for a Shield. You would need another trapper parts knife for it.

@Chrxs210 27 күн бұрын

Could you test the sharpness after you give it a new edge? Think it would complete the restoration.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

It’s sharp…I do sometimes but I don’t feel it’s necessary. Thanks for your input though.

@TonyDemarco-ju5vb 27 күн бұрын

Hi Kevin, I have 2 of those

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Awesome!!

@bolamex 26 күн бұрын

Nice

@AWCustomDesigns 27 күн бұрын

Excellent repair Doc!!

@jerryphillips5112 27 күн бұрын

Very Nice Restoration Kevin! 😊 It's funny how people try to tell you how to do things! But, who's watching who?! 🤣😂🤣😂 Remarkable!

@premchanramjit6867 27 күн бұрын

I’m new into the vintage pocket knives, ( multiple blades), early Americana, definitely love the history and the passion. Recently bought some knives of EBay. Remington, Imperial and Camillus. Which is considered more historic and valuable? Thanks. Recent and avid viewer of your channel.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

Remington Pre 1933 before they were bought out by others usually are the most desirable and more valuable than Camillus and Imperial. I’m glad you’re collecting knives now!

@ihrescue 25 күн бұрын

That's a beefy knife right there but it sure looks like it had some abuse. Nice work on rescuing it. My first impression was that there was a knife user that had only one tool with them to accomplish every task.

@lazybuck9902 27 күн бұрын

Great job bringing the knife back. Do you know what day you going to be at the Georgia Bushcraft in November? That’s a doable day trip for me and I would like to meet you. Good video.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

If I go, it would be the entire weekend. Coming in on Friday and leaving Sunday. Thanks man!! I’d love to meet you too!

@RoubidouxCreekOutdoors 26 күн бұрын

I hope that food was good!!! I’m sure it was

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

It was delicious!!

@kommandokodiak6025 27 күн бұрын

Hi doc, Ive got a quick question do you ever use Simple Green cleaner for any of the knives? Is safe on the plastics of say the swiss army knives and other folders for multi hour soaks?

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

I don’t, never thought of using it.

@Kodiak_Edge 27 күн бұрын

Good job Kev you need to grind them pins down flush like the back i have the same knife. Don't worry about the pins coming out when ground flush because the factory bores the wholes out so they are slightly cone shape so when you peen the pins it alows them to expand and not come loose.

@theknifedoctor 27 күн бұрын

I’ve done that before. I kinda like the way the pins look in the knife.

@user-sk2bj2he2h 12 күн бұрын

🤠👍

@MomoJRchalifoux 27 күн бұрын

👍✌️👌❤️👍🇨🇦

@Hunting4Hookers 27 күн бұрын

Good deal brother! The folding Hunter and 75 are 2 of my favorites! Love the old KaBars! Do you sell the knives you fix up on eBay or anywhere? Another question: Are you gonna be at blade show? It would be really cool to meet you!!!

@theknifedoctor 26 күн бұрын

Hello sir!! I don’t sell my knives unless they end up on my charity auctions on whatnot. I’ll be there Friday and Saturday! Bring a sticker and we will do a sticker swap. Awesome man, can’t wait to meet you!