35 year old Buck 110

The black is residue, it will continue to come off as long as you rub with compound. Stop when you like the look of the brass and finish off with a clean, soft, dry cloth. DM
 
Ok. Thanks for clearing that up. So should I wipe it down with a wet cloth and THEN a dry cloth? Like the bottle says? Or no wet cloth. Everything I've seen online leaves out the wet cloth, but the bottle says to do that before drying
 
Either is fine but I think you should keep water away from the wood, until you've given it a bath in oil. DM
 
I think you are on the right track, Slow and steady wins in this race. As you work on bolsters and scales wrap blade with masking tape. When you work on blade wrap scales and bolster with masking tape. The first keeps you from getting cut and second keeps your hard earned polish without 'accident' scratches.

For anyone else reading this with a old Buck 110/112 they might think about sending in to BUCK read the following.

You can read where guys had knives go to Buck for spa treatment and they did something they didn't want and you can read where guys had a almost perfect new knife in return. The difference folks is the contact and instructions you give them before they get your knife. Don't just throw it in a box and send it in. FIRST if you have a hertiage or family knife like MYA call customer service and talk to Joe Houser. You can describe EXACTLY what you want done and he will see it IS done. Follow his shipping instructions and include a written statement EXACTLY and CLEARLY saying what you want done and put in with knife, include email,cell phone, home phone info.. If you have a deadline like a birthday, Christmas , etc. Start several (more than 2) weeks ahead. They cannot turn it around in a couple of days because other folks are ahead of you in line. They also do not keep or manufacture old style blades to replace the originals. MYA does not have time to do this with his knife to get it for certain before Easter. But for anyone else, using these tips, a spa treatment could better be called a 'Re-brith'....with careful communication you will get back a knife you will likely want to put on a display stand. FYI

I suspect DM will give this a AMEN....
300Bucks
 
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Ok, I'll stop with the wet rag then. You guys like my wrap job? lol.
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I've got the bottom bolsters done so far (not shown in picture). Takes a whole lot o rubbin when they were as tarnished as I had them.

That's great advice 300Bucks. Personally, I don't like sending things that have value to myself unless I get first hand knowledge of someone who has a situation similar to mine and is doing the same thing (which is why I also had a problem with sending my money to Cuscadi until people chimed in, but a lot of that was needless impatience). If I had more time and had seen that earlier, I would have been happy to send it to Buck with your guidelines. I am sure they would have been able to do a much better job than me also, heh. I do like that I am doing it myself though. When I show it to my dad I can tell him that I restored his knife, not "I got your knife restored".
 
Leave the oil off the wood. Use paste wax or neutral paste shoe polish instead.
 
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