Cleaning up an old slip joint

jprime84

jprime84

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Hey guys, I put out a new video yesterday and it ended up being a lot more involved than originally planned. The video covers going from that "found" old knife that has been sitting in less than desireable conditions for years or even decades, and then doing what you can to revive it without taking it apart.

Feedback and new tips are appreciated!

[video=youtube;pVuckt5Tq_k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVuckt5Tq_k[/video]
 
I'll watch and see what tips I can offer, will edit this post with any feedback.

Connor
 
I didn't watch the entire video (40 minutes is a long time), so I don't know if you mentioned this, but my advice is- find out exactly what you have before you do anything to it.

If a knife is a valuable collectors item, and if a person starts "cleaning it up", removing the patina, changing handle scales, etc, they can destroy it's collectors value and possible turn a valuable knife into a near-worthless knife.

Of course if a person has no interest in a knifes collector/dollar/resale value, then it doesn't matter what they do to it.

But how much would it suck to acquire a rare and valuable knife worth hundreds of dollars or more, only to destroy that value.
 
Thanks for posting the video. Nice info. You could pick up an inexpensive set of dental picks instead of using the screwdriver and painters helper. They are great for detail cleaning.
 
I actually just whittled a chop stick down to clean out my last traditional channel. Don't like scraping steel on steel.
 
Thanks for creating this video. Believe it or not, Yesterday, I posted an open request for someone to create a video just like this!
 
I use Ed' s Red for rusty stuff , Hoppes #9 and dawn dish washing soap and Jax for every thing else using old tooth brush and a old set of dental picks. Sand paper from 80-300.
 
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