Cleanup of 110

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misterzee

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My 110 w/wood scales, has been sitting in its sheath for about 15y and is tarnished and the wood looks a little funky. What is the best method to clean up the wood and brass? I dont want to just pull out the Brasso and accidentally mess it up. Thanks.
 
Hello Zee and welcome!
Flitz and elbow grease does the trick. You will be surprised at how quickly the brass turns beautiful again.

Take care

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
Thats great, thanks guys. I have ordered some Flitz... Are there any special care considerations for a Damascus blade? I just got a georgeous 110DB.
 
Hi Zee,

Flitz does work wonders on tarnished brass and nickle silver, just be sure to use a clean, soft cloth like an old t-shirt. I found out the hard way that those red shop towels will scratch brass. Also, storing your knife in a leather sheath seems to accelerate the tarnishing process.

I have a damascus 110 from Pete's and all it requires is the care you'd show any carbon steel tool. Just lightly rub a few drops of gun oil into the blade after handling to clean and prevent rust. There are high-tech wax based rust preventatives out there, and I'm sure they work fine, but the oil has worked for me for the past 20 years.

Now if someone would just put that elbow grease into a bottle...
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Dave Fortman

~Buck Collectors Club~
~Lifetime Member #736~
 
Welcome Zee,

I use Simichrome on all my knives. Works well. Renaissance Wax is a little expensive but maintains damascus steel very well. It can also be used on wood, horn, just about any handle material that you can think of.

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John Foresman
Lifetime member Buck collectors club
Member NKCA
Member AKTI
 
Zee,
I would only ad a little bit of caution on that damascus, don't use any type of abrasive on it. In order to get the vivid dark grains to show up, the blade was acid etched. If you scrub the blade, you will remove the dark color. You will end up with a shiney spot on your blade. I have not heard of a way to re-etch a spot.

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
Just remember, dont use that flitz on the wood
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If you have any wood furniture cleaner use that on the scales, otherwise wipe them off good with a damp (not dripping) rag and let em dry. Then put a little bit of linseed oil or tung oil (available at any decent hardware store) and rub it in with yer finger. That should bring the wood back to like new condition.
 
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