Old Marlin Spike Knife Restoration. Beautiful blue Micarta scales

I had a similar knife that I bought new in the mid to late 1970's. It didn't have any plastic but was all steel. After I came ashore I continued to use it until it disappeared (a visitor I think). Wonderful to see the insides though, to see how it all fitted together. And when I think of all the coca cola we wasted soaking things to lift rust, when we could have used vinegar and bicarb! If only we had known. Thank you so much for showing such loving care for a 'simple' precision instrument. By the way, I can still splice a rope and a marlin spike is also useful to plant seedling in the garden.

Absolutely brilliant, I've never seen anyone make their own micarta

You took something dead and gave it a new life, 10 out of 10

WOW, I had no clue how many pieces/parts that went into building a spike knife. Great restoration.

10/10 this is the definition of labor of love!

Who would have thought that micarta was material 😳. Excellent video.

Al fin! Una pieza con deterioro natural!!! Ya estaba harto de ver vídeos de restaurantes con óxidos y deterioro fabricado...

Ну, перевіряти гостроту на папері точно немає необхідності)) дуже круто вийшло! Доречі, дивлячись на прев'ю, подумав, що це ніж у формі лелеки)

Definitely a 10, excellent work and beautiful result.

Результат вражаючий, особливо сподобалось рішення щодо накладок, однозначно 10 балів до карми🎉

Definite 10/10. Great shade of blue with a hint of red at the end 🤣

Боцманский нож. Отличная работа!

Дуже гарна робота!) Зробити таку красу,може тільки дійсно професіонал своєї справи! Просто витвір мистецтва! Всього вам самого найкращого! 🙂💙💛

Beautiful work on a righteous knife, definitely worth keeping I’m sure.👍

Nice to watch an Expert in motion . . . 10/10

Great job!!! Wow!!!

Lovely work. I would guess that knife got chucked in a box because of the scale damage, with the owner thinking they would find a way to patch it up and never did.

Another solid 10 !!

10+, I love the work with the micarta handles. Awesome color I love Royal Blue. Let's go Mets.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I give your work here 9 as I think the blades in the knife should have been top sharp cutting! Thank you ! Stay safe ! ❤