More flea market rescue knives cleanup for carry
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It is a letter opener with folding pen knife, Made by Imperial (USA)
Dirtydirtysouf
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#2 is funky
Do you ever check out the state store in Raleigh for knives. The ones surrendered at TSA end up there, pretty cheap.
Never anything rare when I go, though. The guy at the counter says there are regulars who know what day to show up. Those guys buy bunches. Reselling them on eBay probably makes them enough money each year to equal a full-time job!
What’s your cleaning process?
Never anything rare when I go, though. The guy at the counter says there are regulars who know what day to show up. Those guys buy bunches. Reselling them on eBay probably makes them enough money each year to equal a full-time job!
What’s your cleaning process?
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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.