I picked this Dubl Duck Special No 1 up from the local antique store. It had a pretty deep patina as well as a chip out of the tip of the blade from closing into the scales. The scales had seen better days also, so I was excited to get down to work on it.






I pulled the blade out of the scales and began cleaning it up. This is when I noticed a small hairline fracture in the blade running edge to spine. I immediately stopped sanding the blade, and decided to tumble the blade to give it whatever amount of shiny it was going to pick up. There is still a lot of pitting in the blade, but I can live with it.



I had some claro walnut kicking around, so I thought this would be a good place to use it. I kept the inlay from the old scales (that is tricky) and coated them with many layers of CA. Black canvas micarta wedge and simple brass pins complete the scales.







Learned a lot about how to use CA on this little project. I don't think I will rush off and start another project right away, but I do have some purple heart that has been just begging to be used for a while now.....