Thread: Restoration of a Dubl Duck Goldedge

Don't touch the gold on the tang if you can help it. It rubs off faster than you can say ooops. Just daily use will take it off faster than you will notice. If it's as nice as you say ( BECAUSE WE ARE ALL BLIND HERE ) :<0) start light and if you have to get tough then stay light and work more. The blade should polish right up with car polish. I use Blue Magic on all my Ducks first and it hasn't hurt anything yet. I did not use it on my Goldedge's tangs though. Unless the gold was already gone. Be careful around the bolsters and don't hang a towel thread on an edge or you might snag/bend/mutilate the brass. Use something smooth to polish that stuff unless you are sure you have no sharp edges that will snag. All The ducks I restore get the cheap terry towel test. Which is a polishing pass with those terry rags that shed string. If anything is going to hook up on brass that will. Then you know were the brass is loose. I hate surprises myself.