restoring a "jubilo" Solingen
First post, I've been reading a bit trying to find information on this SR but haven't come up with anything. I'm fixing it for a friend of mine, he chipped the blade cutting open a box with it. I told him i would fix it for him only if he wouldn't abuse it like that again :nono:
I'm planning on cleaning up the oxidation and breadknifing the blade on wet/dry sandpaper to remove metal up to where the chip is. with any luck the blade is salvageable and might still be able to take a shaving edge, but we'll see.
Anyway, to my actual question...I was googling on trying to find out how to remove the oxidation without damaging the gold on the blade but from what i can tell the only way to remove the oxidation is to buff it out losing the gold finish. Is this right?
I know this thing probably isn't worth much but i like to keep things original as much as possible. When the piece was made, someone felt that this is the way it should look and I like to respect that about hand made workmanship.
any and all help appreciated! here are some pictures i just pulled off my phone...the scales feel like plastic, the blade has "hand forged" on the convex part and on the spine part it says "no 65. germany, solingen"
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...312_092136.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...312_092223.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...314_222051.jpg