Leather Restore | WW2 Era Combat Knife | Keefe - Soligen, Germany - "City of Blades" Restoration

Final part of 2 part series. Brought this Vintage piece back to it's former Glory. This is an Heirloom item that is cherished by the family of a close friend of ours.
Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366, is after Wuppertal the second largest city in the Bergisches Land. It is a member of the regional authority of the Rhineland.
Solingen is called the "City of Blades", since it has long been renowned for the manufacturing of fine swords, knives, scissors and razors made by famous firms such as WKC, DOVO, Wüsthof, Zwilling J. A. Henckels, Böker, Hubertus, Diefenthal, Puma, Clauberg, Eickhorn, Linder, Carl Schmidt Sohn, Dreiturm, Herder, and numerous other manufacturers.
In Medieval times, the swordsmiths of Solingen designed the town's coat of arms, which continues to the present. In the latter part of the 17th century, a group of swordsmiths from Solingen broke their guild oaths by taking their sword-making secrets with them to Shotley Bridge, County Durham in England.
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[@Jeremy-Two]

Cool. More videos like this. WW2.

[@richardneagle3177]

Excellent work

[@robertbrandywine]

Beautiful result on the knife but I wonder if there is a way to get rid of that dark area on the sheath? Maybe sand and then use shoe polish? Anyway, you'd get a much better sharpening result with a Spderco Sharpmaker with the additional Ultra-fine additional ceramic rods.

[@KennyJoe01]

Nice! I have one just like it.

[@bobbieschke599]

Looks like a PAL Mark I........

[@LordThree]

I’m confused by your stropping method 🤔