Thread: 9/8 wade and butcher "Chopper"

likely you can clean her up without taking her apart. I would start with a soaking in neatsfoot oil. It will perk those scales up. Then I would give them a scrub with 0000 steel wool and polish and then clean the blade with polish, maybe polish and steel wool and then just polish. She doesn't need much that's for sure. The scales might need a little bit of sanding to help combat the delaminating but that needs to be assessed after they have had a good drink.