Thread: Lots of rust on a W&B

I got a bag of old rusty straights and a few pocket knives from a gal on the Bay. They ain't pretty...



I bought these just to mess around with.. See what it takes to knock out a stuck pin (it sucks), do some rust scraping/wire wheel work..

Well i popped the scales off the middle one, scraped some rust off the tang and hit it with some WD40 and a wire wheel. Well the second i made the name out i stopped and figured i would come ask for advice.

Behold my first Wade & Butcher..



A face only a guy with RAD could love.

So is there any hope of restoring this blade or are those chips in the blade a death sentence??