Have you ever found a knife?

[Valyrian steel]

I was adding blown insulation into the attic of our current house. found a Craftsman plastic tool box, and inside it was a nearly brand new Glock 19 and some tools. Went through all the PD stuff and there was no record of it, or so they said. Registered it and still have it

 

[FullMetalJackass]

I did once! Well not exactly me, but my dog. She buried out this nice Buck Vanguard from a deep snow pile, 3 or 4 ys ago.
I refurnished it and sold it locally. With some of the money I paid her a nice big beef bone from the butcher's

 

[midnight flyer]

Found a couple of Pakistani POS knives out on the job site. Gave them away after I couldn't find the owner.

I did find a Gerber folder just off the road a few years back. That knife was so miserable, so poorly made that I decided that someone must have thrown it away out of disgust. I did the same, but put it in the trash.

Robert

 

[PirateSeulb]

I found a Schrade while working at a CompUSA it had a chip in the blade was cheap feeling plastic handle but made for a solid beater at work until I lost it. I think iirc I found it on a shelf behind product I wouldn't be surprised if it was accidentally left by a thief who had been using or trying to use it to cut the "spiders" off of products.

 

[cbach8tw]

I recently found a larger folder while walking the dog, looks like 3 blades and all rusted shut, any idea how to loosen them up so I can at least open them? Was thinking about just letting it sit in a bowl of mineral oil, but not sure if the plastic handle would be hurt.

 

[Peter Hartwig]

I found a few in my youth walking the roads of rural Ohio. Just basic slip joints, that likely fell out of farm workers pockets or left on the tractors and fell off as they went from field to field.

 

[SpySmasher]

One of my coworkers brought me a rusted letter opener he found, thinking it was a knife I might want to repair and refinish.

 

[midnight flyer]

Never anything of value. I have found TWO Gerbers, their crappy little folder with the tin foil liner lock. I am guessing that they original owners threw them as far as they could, much as I did with the one I bought.

A Pakistanian imitation of the Buck 110 on the job, and after that just a couple of "ad" knives that were lost and not worth looking for by the original owners.

Robert

 

[John A. Larsen]

We did a public relations dive at a local swimming area before it was opened after the Winter freeze up. I found a $5 bill (wife took that) a SAK and a Bic Lighter. Came out of the water, blew on the Bic a few times, and after a couple of tries it lite up. The SAK was in good shape, cleaned it up a little, sharpened it and gave it to a young man on my Team who did not have one. John

 

[cbach8tw]

I recently found a larger folder while walking the dog, looks like 3 blades and all rusted shut, any idea how to loosen them up so I can at least open them? Was thinking about just letting it sit in a bowl of mineral oil, but not sure if the plastic handle would be hurt.

Sorry to ask again, any idea how to loosen the rusted blades? I have let it soak a little in mineral oil. Still no luck. Anti seize work? Hoping to get it open and remove some rust, and get it serviceable again, any advice how to get this done? Not an expensive knife, but I like the idea of putting something back into use.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Sorry to ask again, any idea how to loosen the rusted blades? I have let it soak a little in mineral oil. Still no luck. Anti seize work? Hoping to get it open and remove some rust, and get it serviceable again, any advice how to get this done? Not an expensive knife, but I like the idea of putting something back into use.

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[cbach8tw]

Thanks, I will try and take a few with my iPad later. Much appreciated.

 

[naturalist]

Army survival knife, when i was in primary school. Year one if i am not mistaken. I kept and used it up to when i was in undergrad. Unfornately, a friend borrowed it and got a motorbike accident. The knife gone.

 

[cbach8tw]

Ok, got the blades open with a small needle nose pliers, and can finally tell that it is a Sears Craftsman. Next step, I guess cleaning the blades of rust, steel wool or high grit sandpaper?

 

[Bill1170]

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Ok, got the blades open with a small needle nose pliers, and can finally tell that it is a Sears Craftsman. Next step, I guess cleaning the blades of rust, steel wool or high grit sandpaper?

That isn’t too bad a condition. Steel wool is a good start, it is kinder to the intact metal than sandpaper would be. Work the pivots with lube and they should improve. I like to clean inside with a rag on a paint stir stick or tongue depressor.

 

[stabman]

I found a rusty box-cutter in the parking lot of the old Rona.
Saw some rusty steak knives in alleys downtown when taking shortcuts.

A crazy neighbour where I used at live found an old Gerber, back from the days when they were good.
He sold it to me for $5.
Gave it to my wife some years back, and she still has it.

 

[James Y]

When I was a kid and fishing at the bay with my dad, I found a rusty old hunting knife laying in the sand, with a molded plastic handle with a relief of an elk or something on it. The handle was faded pink, so I'm not sure if the original handle color was red or not. Besides the rust, the blade was also missing the tip and pretty worn down. I didn't know much about knives at the time; I was about 10 or so, and a couple years before getting into knives myself. I sandpapered the blade as best I could until it was a pitted gray color, then left it in my dad's tool box.

Jim

 

[Hickory n steel]

When I was a kid and fishing at the bay with my dad, I found a rusty old hunting knife laying in the sand, with a molded plastic handle with a relief of an elk or something on it. The handle was faded pink, so I'm not sure if the original handle color was red or not. Besides the rust, the blade was also missing the tip and pretty worn down. I didn't know much about knives at the time; I was about 10 or so, and a couple years before getting into knives myself. I sandpapered the blade as best I could until it was a pitted gray color, then left it in my dad's tool box.

Jim

That would be an Imperial H6, and yes the original color of the elk head handle was kind of a pinkish red.
They were able in 2 different colors of elk head handle and in a jigged black, first delrin then later on a structured hollow moulded plastic.

Here's mine which used to have the black delrin.

 

[Hickory n steel]

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Ok, got the blades open with a small needle nose pliers, and can finally tell that it is a Sears Craftsman. Next step, I guess cleaning the blades of rust, steel wool or high grit sandpaper?

That's a great knife there, produced I think by camillus.

Maybe try taping up the back and ends with the blades opened sticking up and putting some CLR or evaporust in there and letting it sit for a few hours then flush it out with mineral oil and compressed air.
This should free the blades up, then you can take some mineral oil and fine steel wool to carefully clean up the blades.
Id take care not to get much on the delrin scales because I don't know how these rust removal chemicals would effect it.

 

[James Y]

That would be an Imperial H6, and yes the original color of the elk head handle was kind of a pinkish red.
They were able in 2 different colors of elk head handle and in a jigged black, first delrin then later on a structured hollow moulded plastic.

Here's mine which used to have the black delrin.

Thanks! I hadn't known the manufacturer before. I found it back in the early 1970s.

Jim