dirty blades !

[critter721]

I have two old knives with tarnashed blades. no rust, just from being in the open air for so many years. What's going to be the best way for me to clean them ? I thank you for your help. I also have an old timer i use to strip bark from trees. has alot of sap build up. Would love to clean this one to. its 27 years old this month.

 

[RHINOKNIVES]

acetone will clean the sap off your pocket knife.as far as the other two blades being dirty, it really isn't dirt. more like a patina or oxidation of the steel. you would need to sand off a lot of steel to shine them up! and there's no real point to doing that on a carbon steel blade. besides i think they have charector when they look like that!

 

[Reg ELLERY]

Try this on something other than your balde first.

I use a wire wheel on my bench grinder if you go over lightly it leaves a nice finish. (that is a finish I like, not nice to everone purhaps) It works well on old bayonets. but don't get heavy with it nice and light pressure and not too long if you keep going it goes shiny and had a orangepeel effect as the metal gets worn away.

Remove the sap first.

 

[not2sharp]

I have two old knives with tarnashed blades.

Step one: Check to make sure the knives don't have significant collector value. Once you refinish them, it might take a hundred years to put a new patina on it.