Thread: restoring a "jubilo" Solingen

You could try to work around the goldwash, but just about any abrasive will remove it.

I would not breadknife it. With chips like that I lift the spine off the hone/sandpaper a bit and do circles until it is gone. Much easier to reestablish a bevel later this way.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

With chips like that I lift the spine off the hone/sandpaper a bit and do circles until it is gone.

Thanks for the information! the blade is hollow ground on both sides, and only has lettering on the front so i'll try to work around that but the goldwash on the spine part is going to go away with a buffing, too much oxidation to really restore it.

My most aggressive hone is a 1200 grit waterstone so i'll try the circular motion tip on that and if it's taking to long i'll switch to sandpaper. that motion makes more sense for putting an edge on the knife afterwards.

Many thanks! I like your screen name too, you seem like the type of guy that knows where his towel is

Check out Glen's video on youtube (gssixgun) breadknifing one of my blades. He makes it look easy, but he's got years of experience.

He had all the dings out within 10 or so minutes and within 15 he had a bevel set.

No disrespect to anyone, his technique seems the most effective and puts to shame any sandpaper plan.

Just my opinion. YMMV.