Finished with 4th Ver. 1st Var

[Mitch W.]

Before (for the late comers);

After:

Now to get the blade in a somewhat useable condition.

 

[Badhammer]

Very nice! Could you please share what you did to get those results?

 

[Mitch W.]

180 grit sandpaper, jewelers files (for the part beside the rocker), mothers polish and alot of elbow grease. Total time, approximately 6 hours over 3 days.

 

[Pack Rat]

Nice Job!!

 

[BG42EDGE]

Well done.....when you have the skills to do that, you have a big edge on the rest of the buyers.

 

[sitflyer]

180 grit sandpaper, jewelers files (for the part beside the rocker), mothers polish and alot of elbow grease. Total time, approximately 6 hours over 3 days.

I LOVE IT! Nice turnaround on that old faithful:thumbup:
My hat is off to anyone who puts in that kind of effort to restore an old knife!
Enjoy!

 

[edbeau]

Great job, I am sure it was a very satisfying six hours.

 

[Mitch W.]

Yea, but I need to regrease my elbow

 

[imafritz]

well done

 

[David Martin]

I like the ebony on your model. Glad you took the time to work on it. DM

 

[JAGcustomknives]

Beauty!
Try the synthetic elbow grease, it's got a higher thermal breakdown rating.

 

[Joe Houser]

Wow nice job!! Looks like I'll be closing down the spa early tonight due to a lack of customers!

 

[Badhammer]

180 grit sandpaper, jewelers files (for the part beside the rocker), mothers polish and alot of elbow grease. Total time, approximately 6 hours over 3 days.

Thanks for the info. It really does look nice. Don't have many that need cleaned up but was thinking about getting a cheapie bench grinder and some of those buffing wheels for it. Thought a little jewelers rouge on a wheel would make polishing brass and maybe nickle a lot easier than my little Dremel.

 

[edbeau]

Very true, Badhammer. I use my bench grinder for that use all the time.

 

[Mitch W.]

Thanks to everyone for the complements. Being only the second knife I did, I still can't believe it turned out so well. I did forget to mention that I simply buffed out the wood and the
color came right back.

 

[edbeau]

I was wondering what you did to the scales.