All About Pocket Knives

Duffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 5:16 am Lee, what a wonderful old Northfield Congress Whittler! These are indeed rare and very hard to find. Great acquisition and a real treasure

LongBlade wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:09 pm Here's a recent Northfield that floats my boat

RalphAlsip wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:02 pm

LongBlade wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:09 pm Here's a recent Northfield that floats my boat

Lee, amazing knife! If it had been on the Titanic, the Titanic would not have sunk - that's how much boat floating power your Northfield has.

JohnR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:15 pm Found this decent Northfield sell center ebony jack.

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:31 am

JohnR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:15 pm Found this decent Northfield sell center ebony jack.

Congrats on many levels, and may I say the cleaning method to preserve the patina and reveal the etch is FABULOUS! Wow did you do a prime job and what a cool old knife. That's the secret, don't let it out, oldies are like a box of chocolates: sweet and you never know what you're going to get.

JohnR wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:06 am

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:31 am

JohnR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:15 pm Found this decent Northfield sell center ebony jack.

Iman, here is the selection of sandpaper I bought, I originally bought the paper to try to polish out sharpening scratches on blades that had no patina or etch but it seems to be too fine for that, just on a whim I was messing with a knife I wanted to get grime off of that 0000 steel wool was not touching and decided to try the paper on that, I was really surprised at how much of the grime came off into the paper and how much of the patina remained.




Thanks, I appreciate your technique because I"ve been sanding down blades to 7000 myself for years, but didn't know you could preserve etch or patina. Do you start with 7000? I generally only use sandpaper for serious rust and corroded or degraded finish/flats. But when I do it, there isn't any patina left. Much less etch. And I don't use steel wool, find it scratches. The superfine 5000-7000 for me does the opposite, takes scratches out. Then I buff on a wheel. Maybe that's it too, the buffing. But great to hear what others do and get tips and pointers. I have restored many rusted shut, full of gunk, not working order etc and given them back to smiles and new life. Great to restore and re-use. Thanks for all the tips and the link. Good stuff. And the Ulster rocks, you nailed it. Did a fabulous job. Keep bringing them back to beauty. Love to see that stuff.