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Will this Duck quack again?
Hello everyone,
I picked up this Dubl Duck Satinedge recently and was pretty much horrified when it arrived in the mail. I was taken in by its mint spine (no stains, no hone wear) and assumed that the rust on the blade would be pretty light. Well I was wrong. The rust was very heavy, which mean honing with a raised spine on 400 grit sandpaper just to get to (reasonably) solid steel. Here is the result thus far:
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What is tough to see is the pitting near the edge. Some is visible on the bevel, which is not yet (and perhaps never will be) in uncompromised steel. The scales are nice but are probably what caused the blade corrosion. Can anyone confirm this as celluloid rot? I did notice some strange smell and I cleaned up the scales with Flitz....
Do you think this Duck will live to tell a story? Do I need to get a new set of scales? Any suggestions here (such as the TI replacements? Should I try the inlay transfer? Thanks for looking!