Thread: T. Hessenbruch

Originally Posted by criswilson10

See if a metal polish like Maas or Mother's Mag Polish will remove the rust first.
That will probably clean the blade up.
Be careful of the blade edge so that you don't cut yourself. Seems like an obvious thing until you're bleeding - and bleeding again.

The tang will probably need some high grit sandpaper. Like 2500 grit. Start with a high grit and work down through the grits to get the rust off and then work back up through the grits to make it shiny again.

I couldn't find 2500 grit so i got 2000 and 1000. Did most of the work with the 2000. I also tried going over it with a few stages of buffing compound (white, red and green) by hand.. and i had Turtle Wax All Metal polish in the garage that i applied with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

It looks better but im sure i made a few mistakes. I think i could use the 2500 to buff out the scratch pattern in a few spots but i don't really know.

Anyway thanks for the help!