How to fix blade play and restore a knife

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Balrog99

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I'm wondering how to completely fix the blade play on this old Camillus scout knife using home remedies. I've gotten it tighter already with a vice, but havnt completely fixed the problem yet. Is that a good way? And is there a way to make this old thing shine again without a buffer?
 
I wouldn't say there is much you can do to fix the bladeplay. You can shine it up with some sandpaper and some patience

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You can absolutely fix the play with hand tools. The trick is to clamp the bolster in a vice or C clamp with a piece of thick leather around it, and slowly apply more and more pressure. When you take it out, you'll see the pin sticking up a bit proud on one side. Use a small ball peen hammer to carefully peen it down. Repeat until satisfied. I did this to an old Camillus 33 and tightened it up significantly.

As for polishing, use a progression of wet/dry sandpaper starting around 220 to take off the surface corrosion, and work your way down to at least 1000x, 2500 would be better. Then, pull out the Flitz, Semichrome, etc. and polish. You will get it shinier with an electric buffer and something like white rouge, but the above steps will give you a really nice even matte finish, at least.

Hope that helps.


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Trout Hound said:
You can absolutely fix the play with hand tools. The trick is to clamp the bolster in a vice or C clamp with a piece of thick leather around it, and slowly apply more and more pressure. When you take it out, you'll see the pin sticking up a bit proud on one side. Use a small ball peen hammer to carefully peen it down. Repeat until satisfied. I did this to an old Camillus 33 and tightened it up significantly.

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Trout Hound, thank you for this simple and effective technique. I just used it on a couple of small lockbacks with blade play issues and it virtually eliminated the problem. :thumbup:

Andrew
 
AFAustin said:
Trout Hound, thank you for this simple and effective technique. I just used it on a couple of small lockbacks with blade play issues and it virtually eliminated the problem. :thumbup:

Andrew
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Glad it helped! I learned it on here!


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