Couple vintage pocket knives Ebay pickups, both cleaned up really nicely.
- Thread starter pirate
- Start date
- Replies 2
- Views 111
OP
I use Never Dull and then Flitz to clean and polish the knives after I do a cleanup/rust removal. I have a 1x30 belt sander, small jewelry bench grinder/polisher, but often I use different girt sanding paper and steel wool to remove surface rust by hand.
If I find a really rusted up knife I sometimes will soak the knife in Evaporust for a few hours to loosen up and remove heavy rust. I am typically more concerned with making these vintage knives usable and fully functional again more than making them look like a "new" knife. I like the blades with some patina and if you get too aggressive trying to remove rust pitting on the blades you can easily remove too much material and damage the blades.
This guys (Knife Doctor) has a You Tube channel and is very good at restoring vintage pocket knives. You can learn a lot from watching his videos.
Last edited: