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My belt knife or hunting knife.
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My legging knife.
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This is the new clasp knife that I made recently.
20th century carbon steel blades with cutler rivets can be converted to pins quite easily with just a few simple hand tools & a little of your time. These blades, & in fact 19th century blades with pinned handles can often be picked up in second hand shops & op-shops for very reasonable prices.
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This was a 20th century butcher knife with a cutler riveted handle. I removed the old handle & secured a new handle with pins.
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This is a French butcher blade before conversion.
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This is the same French butcher knife after my conversion.
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Two 19th century blades with pinned handles. One I found in a second hand shop, the other at a local street market. Both are very acceptable hunting knives as is.
Keith.