As a boy growing up in the 60s, my knives (I lost several.) were inexpensive stockman. The kind with the plastic coated metal scales, held on by a little crimped tab on each end. 98 cents is the price I remember them costing. I never paid attention to what brand they were. When I needed a knife they were what I could afford. At least some were probably made by Imperial, because their crown shield looks familiar.
A few days ago I did a search on the auction site for Imperial stockman knife. I found a lot of two for a buy it now price, I was willing to pay. One made by Imperial and one made by Colonial. I also Found a campking for just about the same price they sold for back in the 60s. All the knives landed in my PO box Wednesdayof last week.
Today I started the cleanup. I picked the Colonial for today's work, because it looked the roughest. here is the before picture.
A small bit of the tip was broken off both the main blade and the sheepsfoot blade. I used wet dry 320 grit sand paper, and lots of mineral oil to get the rust off the blades.I used a brass brush to clean the inside where it's hard to use the sandpaper. I carefully ground the backside of the broken blades on a belt sander, to give them a point again.Washed it well with soap and hot water, oiled the joints again, and sharpened it up.
O.B.
A few days ago I did a search on the auction site for Imperial stockman knife. I found a lot of two for a buy it now price, I was willing to pay. One made by Imperial and one made by Colonial. I also Found a campking for just about the same price they sold for back in the 60s. All the knives landed in my PO box Wednesdayof last week.
Today I started the cleanup. I picked the Colonial for today's work, because it looked the roughest. here is the before picture.
A small bit of the tip was broken off both the main blade and the sheepsfoot blade. I used wet dry 320 grit sand paper, and lots of mineral oil to get the rust off the blades.I used a brass brush to clean the inside where it's hard to use the sandpaper. I carefully ground the backside of the broken blades on a belt sander, to give them a point again.Washed it well with soap and hot water, oiled the joints again, and sharpened it up.
O.B.
