u/rockedoutglock

I went searching an auction website for an Alchemy. Not because I can currently afford one but because I like looking at them and hopefully one day can.

Well for some reason the website had this Accu-Match mislabeled in the specifications and included it in the results.

The square trigger guard, bomar sights, and ring hammer made me pause on it.

Now I had never heard of Accu-Match International before.

There is also very limited information available online for the company.

Most I got out of searches was "Company only lasted a year, 1996, due to the owner passing away"

And also that around 200 was made.

So I took a gamble on it.

I just picked it up today, so far I'm impressed with the build quality.

Edited to add: I also have built a 9mm commander so I guess first custom from an actual 1911 builder.

The commander I built I used an oriskany frame, jem slide, and kart barrel.

They had a display case of knives, apparently today was their 6th day in a row of yard selling.

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I guess no one else wanted a boker.

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I cleaned it up. It did look rough and the pen blade was snapped in half (I ground the pen blade down to the tang to not be visible anymore)

Target was a 1/3rd IPSC target. Using my pace count after the video it was 65m. I've not done land nav in a few years so make with that what you will.

1911 is a CMP 1943 Remington Rand lower with a Remington R1 Enhanced slide.

There's yellow paint pen on the beaver tail safety, red, blue, and even a little bit of green paint pen on the slide. Looks like something was mounted to the trigger guard.

Pretty cool to see a firearm made in 1943 make it long enough in service to see paint pen.

Here's a work in progress.

I picked up a 1940s (I believe) mini coke bottle case.

The blades were shot on it.

I finally finished profiling the new blade and spring bar out of some 1095.

The new blade an spring bar is thicker then the old blade and spring bar so I'll probably just go with a single blade

I'm going to send the blade and spring off for heat treating.

I got some brown paper micarta for the scales, I also got some red g10, not sure which I'll go with yet.

The scales change colors in the light and as you rotate it. I thought the knife was from like the 60s to the 70s until I checked the tang stamp after I finished cleaning it up.

Blade didn't have any markings, but I'll try and clean it up better.

Its a barehead, with just the top bolster.

I plan on cleaning it up, but if I can find a second one of the same model that would help with a blade swap.

So in my hunt to clean up older slipjoints I ran across this sweet Boker. Its a Boker USA with angled an fluted bolsters. Blades don't rub, still has snap, all the blade profiles look pretty good. I plan on carrying it an making a slip for it. Only issue left with it is the missing shield.

I've found one website that sales replacement Boker shields.

I think it would be in better taste to go with a standard replacement shield... but I'm also leaning towards using this old coin.

Is destroying a 400 year old coin for an edc folder in too poor of taste?

Time for their third bath in an ultrasonic cleaner.

Half of them would not even open. After the second dip all of them now open.

The Remington is probably pushing 100 years old or close to it.

Photos of the saved ones in the comments.

Got this Colonial New Holland yesterday.

The scales were loose on both side.

I tried re-peening the pins . Also epoxied it.

I picked this slip joint up today.

I'm going to start trying to restore old slipjoints as a hobby.

The main blade didn't have any marking.

Besides the cracked scale it also has a broken main blade spring.

Edited to add: you guys are quick, thank you.

One of the slipjoints I was given when my grandpa passed away almost 30 years ago.

I worked today on cleaning it up. The blades had rust and pitting.

Gave it a dunk in an ultrasonic cleaner for about 10 minutes. Sanded everything down. Removed the rust. Sharpened all the blades back to shaving arm hair. Then gave it another dunk in an ultrasonic cleaner.

I got a used Nowlin barrel from an auction.

I was expecting to get to W/N frame.

Upon inspecting it, it looks like someone filed it to fit a clark/para frame.

There's still a flat spot at the center though.

So, what's the recommendations?

Stick with a W/N frame or try clark/para?