Swiss Army knife cleaning - advice?

[Rappy]

I have a Swiss Champ with wood scales

I was wondering if they are attached with glue or the same as
any other SAK? The joints have oil and they're getting really dusty.

How should I Clean them?

 

[jackknife]

Okay, take a book of matches. Tear out one match, nd use the torn end of the paper match as a mop, and wipe out the pivot areas and the blade slots. That's it. If you want, take a clean match, and put a small drop of mineral oil on the torn end, and wipe some oil on the corners of the blade tang. You don't have to use a lot of oil on SAK's, and in dirty conditions they work well with no oil at all.

I've used the paper match thing for a few decades, and it works well.

 

[Dry-cell]

I'm pretty sure the wooden scales pop onto the rivets just like the alox and cellidor scales do. If you have a SAK with cellidor scales you can use the plastic toothpick to clean out the crevices.

Check out the Victorinox Swiss Army F.A.Q. web page found here. In the F.A.Q. look for the Q&A named 'How do I care for wood handles?'. Download yourself the SAK_Care.pdf manual that's available from there as well.

Another manual available from the Victorinox website can be found under Customer Support, is the 'User Manual for Swiss Army Knives'.

 

[Spey]

All good suggestions so far!

I like to use compressed air to blow out debris and old lubricants from pin construction knives.

Solvent (alcohol, etc.) can also be flushed through and out with compressed air, then fresh lubricant can be sparingly applied.

I also like paper matches, shaved down toothpicks and/or chopsticks ad cleaning and maintenance tools.

Regards
Chris

 

[Rappy]

I like both of your suggestions I'll try the paper match trick, If gets really grimmey I'll pop open then scales carefully
and clean it. :thumbup:

 

[jackknife]

I like both of your suggestions I'll try the paper match trick, If gets really grimmey I'll pop open then scales carefully
and clean it. :thumbup:

I'd hesitate to do that. I don't know if the wood scales are popped on like the plastic. You may crack them up removing them. Be veeeery careful if you go that route!

 

[Dry-cell]

Yeah, I agree with Jackknife, I wouldn't remove the scales unless they needed replacing.