Folder resurrection

[Desktop]

A while back I posted pictures of a bunch of rusty old folders made by Imperial, Camillus, and Robeson. I never thought it would be possible to use any of them due to their condition. I was wrong, Muskrat Man worked his magic and somehow provided me with 3 complete and working knives. I know there is a controversy whether one should 'clean' an old knife or not. But this goes beyond 'cleaning' and possibly 'restoration'. It's resurrection!

This is the way they started out!



And this is the result!

[knife-nut]

AWESOME JOB!!

[sharalds]

Very nice work. Makes me want to buy some e-bay junkers

[philco]

DT as soon as I saw that first picture I remembered your original post. It's cool to see the outcome for those knives. Kaleb is something of a magician it seems when it comes to cutlery. I knew that bucket of oily junk had some real potential and this thread confirms it. I had a similar experience with a couple of old junk quality Ulster Boy Scout knives that Orvet was able to convert into one great user knife for me. It's amazing what someone with the skills those guys have can do. Thanks for sharing the happy ending with us.

Phil

[singin46]

Yes sir! Those turned out beautiful and Kaleb is truly gifted.

[tjmurphy]

WOWWWWW-WEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! What a great job Congratulations

[zed6309]

Thats amazing work ,

[theblindog]

great job indeed!!

[biglmbass]

Wow. Well done.

[zed6309]

the one with the long pull is my favourite, see i know all the tech talk now

[TripleF]

Waaaaaaaaay cool

[OldGoat]

Hi all,

WOW! pretty much sums it up for me. I am simply amazed at what some of you, in this case MM, can do with knives. I find this particularly interesting because I recently "recovered" an old beater. I only made it usable and in no way tried to restore it. However I would love to have a description of what went into making those knives look good again.

What I found was an old Schrade NY 881 that someone left in a tackle box. It was rusted shut like something recovered from a sunken civil war vessel. I basically soaked it in several solutions of solvent and oils over a few days, used a brass brush on it and sharpened it. It was so hopelessly pitted there was no reason to attempt to make it pretty. Camera is charging so no pic right now, sorry.

I was happy just to have been able to take a flogged old rode-hard-and-put-up-wet nag and make her into a workhorse again. I just wonder what it might have been like if MM or someone with knowledge and equipment had gotten hold of it.

By the way, it is still blackened on most of the surface, but I was afraid to use any solution like muriatic acid on it. Is that something one might use on a truly blackened and pitted blade or was the work displayed on desktop's knife more a matter of belting and polishing?

Regards,
OG

[muskrat man]

Those were fun projects that I thoroughly enjoyed