Thread: Dealing with heavy rust?

Originally Posted by cmsessa

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Isn't that black mark a problem?

Nope.. Its above the cutting edge.
And so is the other one just above it.
But much more honing, and her life is done.
The only reason I did this blade, was because there was no hone wear. It just sat, and was slowly rotting away. But I could see the small window for an edge, once I cleaned it up.
That and I got for $5

Not much to update from yesterday. I did some additional 400 grit on the blade and on the scales until I run out of sandpaper.

Today I am going to buy some more 400 grit and perhaps trying with something lower than 400 on the blade to see what happens.

Here's what it looks like so far:

It looks like it will turn out very nicely!!

Update:

Today I went to the store to get more sandpaper.
Got 400 grit but also got 180. Sorry outback, but I went the other way.

After doing some heavy 180grit sanding this is the result:




I think I can still make it a bit better but there is not much more to do.

Nice job! That one rust spot near the edge is a bit concerning, but I might suggest honing that out if there is clean steel above it. A fun project, and good learning experience. Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by cmsessa

Update:

Today I went to the store to get more sandpaper.
Got 400 grit but also got 180. Sorry outback, but I went the other way.

After doing some heavy 180grit sanding this is the result:




I think I can still make it a bit better but there is not much more to do.

Your blade and decision.
But we both march to the same drum.
For I'm a lot like you...don't listen for $h1t. Har..!!! [emoji38]