Horrifying sight

I've only got three cell knives that I know of. One has sentimental value as it was owned by a great uncle, one was a gift and the other is a sodbuster. I keep them bagged and far away from my other knives, and the sodbuster sits on a shelf away from everything. I've often thought about just tossing them all away, as I don't really carry any of them, and the damage they could do far outweighs any sentimental value I have for them. Might be fun to hit one with a torch and watch the cell burn.
 
Are the Bulldog's worth trying to fix and remove the rust, or are they worth messing with?
The same goes with the Winchester...must one disassemble to attempt to fix the rust?
Also, does the handle material on the knife in picture #6 look to be celluloid?
 
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dsutton24 dsutton24 Many thanks for valuable and articulate information. It is shocking that even stainless was compromised, what hope brass & carbon steel...

My knife is going to be put somewhere even safer.
 
Don't ever believe that outgassing occurs only on old knives. Wanted to post pics of the knife in question, but am not familiar enough with the forum. At any rate, I bought a pristine Remington 2001 Bullet knife in 2001. Since then, the collection has been shipped overseas, but well packed and sealed. A year ago I pulled the knife off the shelf to find that the tortoise shell had begun outgassing, parts of the spring were corroded, the bullet was almost black, and the brass pieces that hold the knife together had been eaten thru, and the front part of the knife broken off because of the pressure of the spring. Needless to say, this is a great disappointment in the overall quality of the knives presented as Remington. At present, I have three other knives that I have removed the scales from, including WR Case 1992 knife, a large Novelty Cutlery picture knife, and a small Utica Kutmaster in the same condition. The only thing I have found on any forum to prevent this is "WATCH OUT."
 
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