Pocket Knife Restoration - WWII British Army Clasp Knife

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[rtankard]

Sheffield born and raised here. One of my uncle's worked at Richardsons and all my family worked in the steel, knife and cutlery industry that dominated the city. The centre of steel production in the UK, stainless steel was invented here and it was renowned for all forms of knife production. Sheffield United football team are called 'The Blades'. The hockey team are called 'The Steelers'. In the 21st century we are now a centre for Carbon Fibre production (McLaren, Boeing) and special steels for the military and industry. Thanks for a great video.

[lv_woodturner]

Very nice restoration. The blade was in sad shape. Looks and works terrific now. Well done.
I did like the history part at the end.
Dave.

[patjohnson]

Very nice restoration. I would have been baffled about how to repair some of the wear. Glad you saved the info at the base of the can opener. I always like it when a tools provenance can be preserved. Your history also gives useful context. Always a good day when a Magdad video loads. Thanks

[TonyM]

Thanks for showing the restoration process.

[frankg]

Excellent restoration as usual. Your verbiage telling us the different grits and steps etc.that you take is a great teaching tool for anyone who wants to learn. Also the tool history is always very interesting. 👍👍

[matsandresson]

Good to see an old service knife back in service.

[DinoDrawer]

I never knew such knives existed! Great job on that restoration. Looks almost brand new!

[Silent.Stacker]

When it comes to sanding and polishing, you have the patience of a saint. It turned out really nice.

[OutlawEdge]

Turned out awesome! Thanks for sharing. Fun project 👍 ARCO

[jacksshed]

A beautiful knife. I have a few, a nice piece of wartime history which remained in use by lots of people after their service! If only these things could speak! You can't beat Richards, some of the knives they produced are really beautiful. They also made plenty of low cost but high quality small knives to suit a working man's budget! I particularly enjoyed this video, I am glad you didn't take it too far, it is wonderfully preserved now! They made multiple sizes of that model!

[notfastuc]

The finish looks just right ..Clean & polished .but not over done ..Looks original now with some normal wear ...I believe on an older knife it just looks the best when it still looks old

[AaronBelknap]

It was rough, but turned out awesome! I like the old pocket knives.

[alfredkonig]

It looks PERFECT . Thanks for this inspirering and informative video. Congratulations to your skills!
Many collectors like mint condition, me too, in cas the item is STILL in original WWII-mint-condition. In case of this clasp knife, I prefer not to restore it "into new" . I remove rust, clean it everywhere and the I use chrome polish to improve everything. But I try to keep its history. It was used and it still shows the signs of using (not of aging / rusting after the war) . So it is a mixture between the condition of yours at the beginning and the condition at the end.
Every collector has his own philosophy. I prefer " cleaned and repaired condition with some little "cosmetics", but still keeping the signs of use in a certain way.
Thanks again for the video. I will clean my clasp knives "inside" now in the way you showed. Great. Thanks, Fred

[timeflysintheshop]

Great job! Your attention to detail is second to none. Researching the history of an item is almost as much fun as the restoration. And the can opener doubles as a fork! 😀

[larrykelly]

Great restoraton. That is a collectible knife.

[FixitRestoreit]

Awesome work! IMHO you can't beat that type of tin opener!

[altonriggs]

Nice job and still has veteran character.

[Bigalhunting]

Nice work, the adjustments made on the blade are most certainly respectable.

[tooladdict]

Absolutely awesome job my dad And wonderfully narrated as well thanks for the mention mate :-)

[smartpixlp]

Thanks for the video. I recently found a box in my attic containing my 1945 G. Ibberson army issue knife i bought 37 years ago when i joined Army Cadets. It's in slightly worse condition but you've given some great pointers i'd feel confident enough to do myself. I have countless fond memories of having it with me on every camping and fishing adventure i went on as a boy, and reading the history, mine has the stamp of G. Ibberson & Co of Sheffield with their trademark Stradivarius violin stamp (under the British Army arrow) on the side of the can opener. I look forward to seeing it gleam once again!