Polishing your Buck Brass

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I have been EDC my buck 112 in its leather belt pouch for about a month.
It kicks #$@
I polished the edge within a few days of owning it. Not because it came dull just because I like the look of a polished and stropped edge.
The brass came dull and I polished it with some green compound rubbed into a rag.( I hate brasso it gets everywhere)
The brass stays shiny for about 5 minutes.
I like rubbing it back to a shine so it does not bother me.
Do you polish your brass frequently or just let it stay dull?
 
I don't like patima brass. So, I polish mine with Flitz. It keeps it shiny for about 2 months. Just use a drop. It's real easy. DM
 
I use Mothers Aluminum Mag polish on mine, seems to hold up pretty well too, about a month or two depending upon how much I use the knife.
 
On the rare occasion I polish the brass on my knives (or the nickle silver bolsters on my other knives) I use Blue Magic metal polish cream, that I paid too much for at a truck stop.
It works quite well.
 
I let mine ride. I'm all about the wood and I think they look great polished or dull. The dull bolsters draw the eye to the wood a little more IMO.
 
I"m a huge fan of Fliz. Been using it for years on tons of stuff and it's never let me down.

Anyone try using Renaissance Wax on the brass to create an air barrier and prevent oxidation? I'm curious to see if that might be worth considering. I've got a bottle of it around here somewhere.
 
I use Wrights brass polish-works great. I don't polish until they get to the point they may get green, or maybe once a year if I got nothing else to do.
I used to polish them regularly, but with 30 some 110's and 7 or 8 112s, its too much to do regularly.
 
I love the patina on my over forty year old 110. It's still an amazing blade and I carry always when paddling or backpacking. It's usually around my shop when I'm woodworking as well. Out of the thirty or so knives that I own, many if not most more expensive than my USA made 110 is, it's always been my "go to" EDC. I've even opened up cans with it and no nicks. It was either that or not eat.
 
Flitz, Mother's, Blue Magic, and Simichrome — all have worked well for me. Simichrome has a slight bit more abrasive in it, I think, so I use it if the tarnish/patina is too heavy for good looks.
 
I use Simichrome because I have about 8oz of it at home…and it works great!

That should easily be enough for my lifetime. :)
 
Stumps said:
I use Simichrome because I have about 8oz of it at home…and it works great!

That should easily be enough for my lifetime. :)
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Perhaps. But if you have anything plastic that looks better polished, Simichrome does great for that (better than Flitz). I have a number of vintage Parker Jotter ballpoints, and Simichrome is perfect for restoring the gloss on the plastic. (Good for the metal parts, too, of course.) Result is that I'm on tube #2...
 
Thinking about it, when I was at home in Idaho, I used Never Dull. It works really well, lasts for at least 3 or 4 months, and does not make a mess.
 
I realize nickel silver is technically a kind of brass, but I wondered if there's any difference in recommended products or methods for caring for it.
 
VTer said:
I realize nickel silver is technically a kind of brass, but I wondered if there's any difference in recommended products or methods for caring for it.
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I've used my "standard four polishes" and they all work fine: Flitz, Mother's, Blue Magic, and Simichrome.

If you're looking to remove scratches, however, none of these will suffice unless the scratches are extremely small and fine (and you're not overly critical). Scratches call for stepping up through progressively finer grades of sandpaper or emery paper.
 
Thanks. It's still hypothetical now; my brand new CKS 501 is headed back to Buck over fit and finish issues. But I'll keep that in mind for the future.
 
I normally just let brass bolsters patina with age. I have only polished the brass bolsters on one of my Buck's one time - recently I scratched a Four Dot 110 up pretty good on a staple that was barely protruding through the shelf I lay my knife on when I'm cleaning a deer - it really did a number on the brass bolster. I tried to polish out the scratches with some polishing paste but I think they are there for good - I'll learn to ignore them eventually. OH
 
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