Rusty Knife
02-06-2008, 01:40 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lake County, Il
Posts: 2,205
RE: Rusty Knife
I'm not sure about stainless, but I resurected and old carbon steel knife with Naval Jelly,sanpaper stell wool and elbow grease. Then I sharpened it all up with the Lanskey sharpening system. It still looks pitted and ugly but you can shave with it!
02-06-2008, 01:44 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lake County, Il
Posts: 2,205
RE: Rusty Knife
Yeah I used it early on to really work in the naval jelly on the body of the blade. This knife was absolutely trashed and I was going to throw it away, now it's my favorite knife! I've had it since I was six, and I'm fifty now!
02-06-2008, 01:51 PM
#6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 4,127
RE: Rusty Knife
If you have a gunsmith in your area, see if you can get him/her to run the blade across a buffer. It will get rid of all the rust and oxidation very quickly. Just make sure to run the blade facing down when doing this.
