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Novice refinisher thinking about refurbing an Old Hickory knock off, just for kicks
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Bill DeShivs
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Can't say without pictures.
Haven't removed handles off an Old Hickory yet, but I have removed them off an Ontario field knife. Ontario makes Old Hickory. The scales were held on by cutlery rivets (kid of makes sense).
I ground off one side of the rivet with a dremel type tool, then punch the remaining part off.
Ric
I ground off one side of the rivet with a dremel type tool, then punch the remaining part off.
Ric
Yeah, I attempted to punch, no luck! Might just work around it, not really worth the hassle of finding new , these cleaned up pretty good, nice polished brass!
Question 2). Is there a solvent to bring this steel back to life or should I just start to sanding and buffing with different grits of sand paper, will check out youtube in the mean time! I steel wooled the light rust out of it already with some wd-40!
Question 2). Is there a solvent to bring this steel back to life or should I just start to sanding and buffing with different grits of sand paper, will check out youtube in the mean time! I steel wooled the light rust out of it already with some wd-40!
How rusty is it? Unless the blade is horribly pitted, steel wool and a bit of mineral oil is all it should take. When you sharpen the knife you will remove the rust pits where it counts, at the cutting edge.
FWIW I don't use WD-40 on wood handled knives or on any kitchen knife, it can soak into the wood or under handle scales and I don't think it smells/tastes very good. YMMV
FWIW I don't use WD-40 on wood handled knives or on any kitchen knife, it can soak into the wood or under handle scales and I don't think it smells/tastes very good. YMMV
Yeah, hindsight the wd-40 wasn't the best idea for a wooden handled kitchen knife! Light rust and that dark gray patina you see on most old hickory's, not terribly pitted! I spent a little time with the dremel on it last night was pleasantly surprised with the amount of age stains I was able to take off the blade, been working the handle with the steel wool, wood is getting nice and smooth, but the wd soaked in a lot more than I would have liked and has given me a darker stain than I would prefer, I will deal with that later....I hope! Those brass pins jumped right out like new with the steel wool, really like that look! Hopefully I can get a lighter shade on those handles!
