Case XX 431-6 Camp knife?

[SnowmanBob01]

I found this little beauty in a thrift shop, hidden in a bucket of knives. I picked it up for 50 cents, a ridiculously low price. The blade looks like it has never been used, but someone put it into a damp drawer and let it tarnish. So now I gotta clean it up a bit and restore it to beauty ^_^ I've heard a little about these camp knives from Case, but can anyone enlighten me a bit more? And any tips on cleaning a bit of the rust for an even patina? All in all, the tarnish isn't really even that bad. And I can post pics if u'd like.

 

[mnblade]

... any tips on cleaning a bit of the rust for an even patina? All in all, the tarnish isn't really even that bad. And I can post pics if u'd like.

I really like my Miracle Cloth for cleaning up tarnished carbon steel, brass .... anything really. They're dirt cheap, clean and easy to use, and last a long time.

I think I speak for all us folksy knife knuts when I say, yeah, we'd love to see pics. :thumbup:

 

[Absintheur]

Chasing the Case kitchen/camp knives can be a different kind of hunt altogether. I nearly got sucked into it when I bought this Case XX carver. Ground like a 12 inch straight razor this one almost got me started down that trail.

But if I could just find one of these....

 

[SnowmanBob01]

If you tell me how to post pics of it, I will ^_^ How much are these things worth by the way? To valuable to use?

 

[joe-bob]

Open a Photobucket account, it's free and easy to use. then you can upload them there from your computer. You can make your photo albums private or public. Then you copy the IMG code that drops down below the photos and add it toa a post.