Restoring EXTREMELY Old Blade and Making a Knife

Restoring an EXTREMELY old blade from Sweden and making a knife. This blade is produced around 1900th in a small place called Eskilstuna. Knives produced by Carl Walfrid Dahlgren are well known for quality and respected by collectors. About the Old Blade Owner of the knife factory was Carl Walfrid Dahlgren. The factory is located in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Knives were produced from 1870 to 1915 mostly for hunting. Final product from this factory is marketed as a luxury hunting knife. His knives were famous for high quality etched blades and leather sheaths. In the first period of production the blades were marked “CW Dahlgren Eskilstuna“ and later “. Eskilstuna“ The factory grew well and in 1904 he had 166 employees. The Restoration Process I started by removing the old metal washer at the end of tang. On my big wet stone wheel I removed all the surface rust and worn look from the blade. Blade was looking very good after, so I continued with sanding. I used sandpaper from 120 to 1200 grit. The blade is plain and I wanted to customize it a bit. Therefore, I made five circles different in size and five lines on the top of the blade to separate those circles. The Knife Making In this video I made a new wooden handle out of darker wood mahogany and lighter beech. I cut the pieces, glued them together and planed the sides. I started sanding with 180 and finished with 400 grit. To give a character to this knife I carved Celtic motif and filled it with mixed mahogany dust and glue. Removed uneven surface with a rasp and sanded down. The handle is submerged in Teak oil and polished afterwards. Please subscribe if you want to see more of my upcoming restoration projects! And DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT RARE and LUXURIOUS Old Flora Pocket Knife Restoration Video: Knife Blade Came in a Mail I received this knife blade from a guy who also restores old things. His channel is named Restored Channel and he is from Sweden. The blade was totally unexpected and I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you for the package Restored! If you are not familiar with his channel, please check it out: Timestamps: 00:00 Before blade restoration 00:20 Blade restoration in progress 04:04 Making a new handle for the blade 11:37 After restoration/knife making Thank you for watching, see you in the next one! Stay safe and ATB