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Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:21 am
by Panzer2085
Unfortunately I don’t have any before pictures but the knife was crusty and rusty. It was the first time ever I used PB Blast on a knife. Well I learned the hard way not to do that. It ended up melting the plastic scales. I never knew it does that. So I disassembled everything and cleaned it up with a fiber wheel and Dremal wire wheel. I used black walnut for the scales. I don’t have nickel pins so I used brass. Yes it’s visible in the bolsters but I don’t think it looks bad.
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:49 am
by 1967redrider
That's a tough lesson. But she looks great.
Too bad you couldn't fit a Girl Scout shield.
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:54 am
by Railsplitter
That is some very nice looking black walnut!
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:41 am
by Panzer2085
1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:49 am
That's a tough lesson. But she looks great.
Too bad you couldn't fit a Girl Scout shield.
Thank you. I honestly didn’t even think about putting the shield on it.
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:46 am
by Panzer2085
Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:54 am
That is some very nice looking black walnut!
Thank you. I’ve replaced scales on multiple knives with different types of wood and my favorite is probably black walnut. I was fortunate to get my hands on a decent amount of it so it ends being my go to scale material.
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:08 am
by Railsplitter
On a side note, if you want a powerful solvent that won’t destroy the parts, take a look at Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber.
It’s a an aerosol solvent that evaporates in a few seconds leaving the parts clean and dry. It’s made for cleaning guns without disassembly.
Birchwood Casey used to make a standard Gun Scrubber that would melt synthetic materials. Then they started making a “Synthetic Safe” variant. You could choose which one you wanted to buy.
But several years ago they stopped making the standard Gun Scrubber. Nowadays, all Gun Scrubber is safe for use on all materials.
It’s good stuff. You can smell the Ether (or whatever it is) in the solvent. I use it to flush out sticky or dirty pivots on my knives. Cleans em right up. Excellent product.
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2025 2:54 pm
by Panzer2085
Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:08 am
On a side note, if you want a powerful solvent that won’t destroy the parts, take a look at Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber.
It’s a an aerosol solvent that evaporates in a few seconds leaving the parts clean and dry. It’s made for cleaning guns without disassembly.
Birchwood Casey used to make a standard Gun Scrubber that would melt synthetic materials. Then they started making a “Synthetic Safe” variant. You could choose which one you wanted to buy.
But several years ago they stopped making the standard Gun Scrubber. Nowadays, all Gun Scrubber is safe for use on all materials.
It’s good stuff. You can smell the Ether (or whatever it is) in the solvent. I use it to flush out sticky or dirty pivots on my knives. Cleans em right up. Excellent product.
I'll have to pick some up and try it. I've used it in the past for guns but I never thought to use it for knives. Thanks for the info.
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2025 5:40 pm
by glennbad
Nice clean-up (and save) on that one. The brass pins look fine, adds some class to the knife!
Re: Kutmaster Girl Scout
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:39 pm
by Panzer2085
glennbad wrote: ↑Wed Nov 19, 2025 5:40 pm
Nice clean-up (and save) on that one. The brass pins look fine, adds some class to the knife!
Thank you. I did it on another knife before and in my opinion it’s kinda like an accent piece. Eventually I’ll pick some nickel pins up.