Thread: Cleveland Cutlery resto

This came to me as a trade with a cracked scale where the tip from the hinge pin out was cracked off. I was able to graft the piece back on and reinforce it with an inlay of yellow plastic from the back.
The blade had some scratches on the face and just a pit or two on the back so I was able to carefully polish out the scratches and get it back together again. For the third pin I wasn't thrilled with the black plastic sleeve so I replaced it with a brass one. I also added in the gold that was missing along the spine work.

very nice !!! i love that spine !!!

Originally Posted by gooser

very nice !!! i love that spine !!!

I second that!!! Very nice!

Excellent work carver, big thumbs up here!

Great job! The result was a beautiful and vintage. Pretty neat

Thanks. I figured it was worth a try. You can't see it very well in the photos but the scales had a "cracked ice" look to them and I wanted to see if they could be saved.
Polishing up the blade around the gold wash was a little tricky but it too worked out fine.

Great work mycarver!

Can you give any insight into how you polished out of blade while saving the etching? How long did it take to clean it up (just curious).

Again, beautiful piece!

Sorry for the delay , was away for a few days.
The blade was just careful sanding then polish. Time? Probably too long. Maye an hour and a half or so. It wasn't all that bad just the etch slows you down.

What grit did you do it with? Multiple?

Basically yes. I had to remove the scratches that were there and once that was done it didn't blend with the factory grind marks so I was committed to doing the entire blade. If I remember I started around 400 and went from there.