Bullnose Update

grelcar

grelcar

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A little while back I posted a one month review of a Bullnose sodbuster style knife HERE.

The main issue I was having with the knife was that it was stiff to open. Not wanting to set this knife aside, I decided to try and loosen it up some.

I took some shavings from a bar of green stropping compound and mixed it with a couple of drops of 3-in-1 oil to a thin paste consistency. I dripped this in the pivot area, wrapped the blade with a shop rag and worked it really well until the concoction had turned black started to stiffen up. I then flushed it out relay well with WD-40, contact cleaner and compressed air. I lubed it with some Tri-Flow and it is like a different knife. This seemed to really make the knife easier to open and much smoother.

After that I worked the rough spots on the handle over with some 600 grit sandpaper to smooth it out and then sanded the handle and back spring area with 800 grit to a nice satin finish. I then buffed the handle on a cloth wheel and treated it with Renaissance Wax. Finally I touched up the edge on a 6000 grit waterstone and stropped it.

Back in the pocket it goes.

Greg
 
I like a good stiff blade, but not a gritty or bindy blade if that makes sense. I like to work a blade until it smooths out a bit. Occasionally on a stiff, hard to open blade, it will spit some grit out, or even a metal bit that had been binding it up.
 
Bigfattyt said:
I like a good stiff blade, but not a gritty or bindy blade if that makes sense. I like to work a blade until it smooths out a bit. Occasionally on a stiff, hard to open blade, it will spit some grit out, or even a metal bit that had been binding it up.
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I had tried flushing out the pivot area a couple of times. I also had worked the pivot quite a bit trying to loosen it up. I was hoping the stropping compound would polish up everything in the pivot area and loosen it up a little. It seemed to have helped a lot.

Greg
 
grelcar said:
I had tried flushing out the pivot area a couple of times. I also had worked the pivot quite a bit trying to loosen it up. I was hoping the stropping compound would polish up everything in the pivot area and loosen it up a little. It seemed to have helped a lot.

Greg
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I might have to try this with my 73.
 
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