A gift from my mother-in-law!

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toflick

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Hi All!

I just wanted to share a surprise that my mom-in-law got for me. My obsession with traditional knives began a few weeks ago. Last weekend she went to an antiques show and picked me an IMPC4C BSA #1996!

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It came in pretty rough shape. It was all gunked up and there was quite a bit of rust and 'patina' (or neglect). The tip on the main blade was broken and corroded as were the back spring ... and pretty much everything else.

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I wanted clean it up (should have taken a before pic). I started trying to remove a bunch of the rust and gradually started to do this until a read another thread about another BFer restoring an antique knife. I didn't want to 'over-restore' it. I may have done so on the spine because it had a very, very thick crud on it. I reshaped the point of the blade and resharpened it... basically I wanted to make it functional.

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After I took off as much of the corrosion as I dared (without completely grinding/sanding the blades away) I reforced the patina with hot apple cider vineagar.

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Kinda wish I didn't over do the spine and left a bit more of the pitting to match the rest of the knife... :(

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This was my first vintage knife and 'clean-up'. I would never intentionally buy a multi-bladed knife but I really like this thing... especially the awl!

With a sod buster gifted to me from belljs3, a gec #72 from the exchange, and this, my traditional collection is slowly growing!!

Anyway, a really nice surprise from my mom-in-law!

Thanks! :)
 
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Nice! You did a great job. You'll learn to appreciate having those other tools on the Scout knife. At first I swore i only wanted single blade pocket knives... Now most of them are 2 or 3 blade and my two SAK's are 4 and 5 if you include the tools. :)
 
You have a wonderful mother in law! Well, at least in this gift you do :)

Great job on the clean up and it is great to read the enthusiasm of someone getting into traditional knives. Im still new myself, but it is cool. Have fun researching all that is out there and allow your taste to change; it will keep you from missing out. Welcome by the way.
 
That's great. It's nice to have supporters of our addictions!
 
Those are great knives and it looks like you did a good job with the restore. The nice thing about a knife like that is you won't be afraid to use it. Toss that sucker in your pocket and every time you pull it out you can think about how lucky you are to have married into a family that takes an interest in your interests.
 
Hi All

Thanks for the kind words everyone! This is quite a shift from modern folders that I am used to... but I do love to tinker. The whole experience has given me a bit of a different perspective on knife 'collecting'.... more of a what could a knife 'be'. definitely given me more ideas....!
 
I can actually taste the carbon steel tanginess that pup has no doubt left on more than one apple slice.
 
pjackst said:
I can actually taste the carbon steel tanginess that pup has no doubt left on more than one apple slice.
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hehe... i can imagine! on that note, I know eating rust is probably not a good thing... is there anything to watch out for in food prep with a high carbon blade?
 
67nick - hehe ya ... even though we kinda get on each other's nerves sometimes... she's pretty great! She really helps to take care of our family... this is icing on the cake!

edbeau - thanks! it was definitely a learning process... hope to learn more... ;)
 
toflick said:
eating rust is probably not a good thing... is there anything to watch out for in food prep with a high carbon blade?
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Once you have all the rust cleaned off, it's fine. With new carbon blades the acidity in foods reacts with the steel and gives off a taste. Once you've used it a couple times and it's got a decent patina that goes away.
 
Cory Hess said:
Once you have all the rust cleaned off, it's fine. With new carbon blades the acidity in foods reacts with the steel and gives off a taste. Once you've used it a couple times and it's got a decent patina that goes away.
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Ok thanks!!
 
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