Old Rodgers Knife: Cleaner.

beasbookz · Post by **beasbookz** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:26 am

Old Rodgers knife, half way there. Still lots to do! Craters with rust; but have been able to establish edges and you could carry this knife and
actually cut things. The pen blade is an ugly shape but there wasn't a
lot of choice.

This is a very old knife!

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:52 pm

You kept its character! Nice!!

beasbookz · Post by **beasbookz** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:06 pm

upnorth,
Thanks, but it's not all that good really. It possibly should have been
done by a pro. but if all the canyons were removed from the pen blade,
there would be nothing left. It's a compromise at best; I have maintained the integrity of the piece but there is red active rust everywhere & the
harder I look, the more I find, especially in and around the tang and pivot
pin; even the pins bleed rusty oil and short of taking it apart, replacing
the pen blade etc.etc. I don't think there is much more I can do.

Cheers.

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:41 pm

That looks great John

. The bone scales are really nice too.

s-k

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:00 pm

If you have access to compressed air, John, You can put a heavy dose of WD40 in the joints, wait a bit then blow it out. Repeat several times. If you don't have air, you can get spray cans of it at computer stores, but you can only blow short bursts, or you get freeze-up. You will eventually get the rust out. Don't leave WD40 in when you are done, but add mineral oil for lubricant. WD40 dries out, and is a good soaker-cleaner, but not a long term lubricant!!

beasbookz · Post by **beasbookz** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:18 pm

Thanks upnorth,
That is an excellent idea; 'make it more pocket friendly too! I have
got rid of the rusty leaking in a bath of home-made WD-40 (2/3 kero-
1/3 light machine oil) and a lot of opening and closing. Three in one
oil seems an ok lubricant, the action works great and the knife is a
lot less messy. I'm sure that rusting is still occuring, perhaps I've
slowed it a little. Cheers,

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:49 pm

3-in-1 is fine. I use mineral oil because that is what 3-in-1 is, but without added chemicals/additives. It seems like it would be kinder to bone and stag, although that could be a foolish opinion.