what kind of cleaner should i use for my crome vandium knife

jmays · Post by **jmays** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:17 am

my blade on my yellow sodbuster knife is very tarnished and i one heard that this tarnish is a sign that the blade is in good hands....i want to bring back the shine back in to my ol' buster but cant find the right materials!

HELP AND ADVISE ARE MUCH WELCOME!

mikek · Post by **mikek** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:25 am

You may want to try Brasso, it sure takes the tarnish off the bolsters. Hope this helps. Mike

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:53 am

CV is a high carbon steel that contains chomium and vanadium, a chrome-vanadium steel if you wish. The chrome-vanadium steel will need higher maintenaince than stainless steel and is supposed to take on a patina over time and with use. If you clean to bright shiny finish, it will develope a patina again, to protect the steel.

I just wasn't sure if it was a severe tarnish or a well deserved patina.

jmays · Post by **jmays** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:10 am

thanks hukk for the advice and the name for the tarnish. i bought that knife at peddlers mall in winchester Kentucky. i have had it for 7 years. my uncle has one of the same type, model 3137 SS. mine is CV so i didnt know that it was normal for them to do that. for a knife to last me from the age of 9 years old is a very strange thing. yea im 15 now and i have a bad habit of misplacing things so i am surprised to even have that knife.

jmays · Post by **jmays** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:12 am

sorry mike tried that......didnt help the blade but it DID help the bosters!

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:23 am

flitz or semichrome work well. i keep my cv users clean and patina free with flitz. some prefer to let them naturaly age, while others like them clean. on a rare or valuable knife i leave them as they come other than cleaning any gunk out or off them.

jmays · Post by **jmays** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:31 pm

thanks i will try it

jmays · Post by **jmays** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:12 pm

i told my dad to buy me some flitz and so far its working pretty good..

heres a picture of my knife before i cleaned it. it still has a patina on it is just not as dark.