Thread: My first Wade and Butcher

Worked on the W&B today. This is my first restore so I'm not sure if I'm on the right track. I kind of like the look of it now, all my custom knives have the hammer marks left on them by preference, so I'm not sure if I want it extremely polished. Here are some before and now pics. For future reference, If I wanted to take the pitting out, would it be possible or is the pitting too deep?

all those black marks are rust. I will put up pictures later in the weeks. I have been working on forcing a patina back onto a razor that I have cleaned up. That could also be part of what you are looking for. If you want to leave the pits because they are too deep to sensibly take out or just like the effect you can clean inside the pits with steel wool. It will dig in and get the bad stuff out, and then work to finer steel wool and then steel wool and polish and finally just polish and all the scratches will get worked out and leaving a nice shine also.

You might want to quit while you're ahead, as some of that pitting could be deeper than you think. Being a knifemaker, i bet you already have the skills to scale and pin it. I look forward to seeing the finished product!

Originally Posted by RezDog

all those black marks are rust. I will put up pictures later in the weeks. I have been working on forcing a patina back onto a razor that I have cleaned up. That could also be part of what you are looking for. If you want to leave the pits because they are too deep to sensibly take out or just like the effect you can clean inside the pits with steel wool. It will dig in and get the bad stuff out, and then work to finer steel wool and then steel wool and polish and finally just polish and all the scratches will get worked out and leaving a nice shine also.

Ok, steel wool it is. Thanks for the great info.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

You might want to quit while you're ahead, as some of that pitting could be deeper than you think. Being a knifemaker, i bet you already have the skills to scale and pin it. I look forward to seeing the finished product!

Oh, i'm not a knife maker, I'm a knife buyer, haha. I always ask that the hammer marks be left on as I prefer that look. Just like I love the look of the hammered tang on my Robeson Suredge. I'll probably stop with the sanding here and just go with the steel wool to get inside the pitting and then polish.