Hey Vern and Guys! I haven't been able to find much to talk about lately on the Forum. so, just to keep my hand (and Foot) in I thought I would post some work I did on a Red Cross Officer scabbard that I was told was "unsalvageable". So, Here it is! Comments are Greatly Appreciated!

These are the "Before" Pictures!:

Now for the "After" Pics!





What do you Think? Passable? I got to use almost every tool I had to do this job! 3 Finger Louie

Nice job TFL:
It looks like you had to fabricate a new throat and also make up some replacement metal for the scabbard body. Is this correct?
Jim

That is correct! I was able to utilize most of the existing metal on the scabbard body and weld it up then redo the pebbling and grooves.
3FL

Some of the damage can still be detected. But it is usable again. 3FL

The person I got it from thought I was insane, and told me so! But sold it to me fo $25.00! I sent him some pics of it now and he wants it back because he has the dagger and no scabbard. I told him Sure! For $400.00! I also told him I would give HIM $25.00 for the Dagger! ;^)

3FL

Good job Louie! Those scabbards are not easy at all to find.

Mark

Nice work. Redoing the pebbling is a bit hard to do

Thanks Vern, Coming from you, I take that as a real compliment! 3FL

Excellent job Louie!

WOW !!! Excellent work Louie,I would have written That scabbard off for sure.

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Originally posted by 3-finger Louie:
The person I got it from thought I was insane, and told me so! But sold it to me fo $25.00! I sent him some pics of it now and he wants it back because he has the dagger and no scabbard. I told him Sure! For $400.00! I also told him I would give HIM $25.00 for the Dagger! ;^)

3FL

Hey Guys, Just an update! Believe it or not, I got the dagger off the guy I bought the scabbard from. NOT for $25.00 but not too bad, $450! So I ended up with a NICE DRK Dagger for $475.00 I don't even know what these are going for nowadays. Plating on the blade is kind of peeling in a couple of very small spots but everything else is close to pristine. Did I do OK?

3FL:
Take an inventory cruise on some of the dealers sites and I think you'll see you did ok!!
Jim

Looks like you got it at a 2/3 discount. Great restoration on the scabbard.

Super Jim, Thanks! I didn't think I got beat up! But he was in the position of having a dagger with no scabbard so, I don't think he got killed either. 3FL

Thanks Mike also, I just checked out Johnson's site and he only has 2 of these for sale, and both are over 1K! So I am a happy Camper at the moment!!! As soon as it gets here I will post pics of the dagger for you guys and see what you think of it. should be sometime this afternoon. See ya then! 3FL

nice work!!!!!!!!

"?" 3FL

Louie you are the man. Nice work as always and keep them pictures comeing. Paul