Thread: Cleaning

Where do I start? do I need to disassemble sand and polish or is there some kind of solvent I should use first? also can it be done with out taking the scales off?

Thanks in advance.
John

It’s likely that your best approach is not always the easiest. It looks like you should take the scales off, scrape it with a single edge razor blade, then give it a good scrubbing with 0000 steel wool and WD-40. Then post some very clear close ups, and the next steps will be more apparent. Maybe set the bevel after to see if you have good steel to proceed with sanding and polishing. You could be super lucky and just step to polishing. It’s really hard to tell with that much crud and those pictures.

I went at it with some blue wenol metal polish on a paper towel and was kind of amazed how much it cleaned. But I think I am going to send it off to be restored an honed. I am not very goo at taking pictures. but here are the results.

Blades are difficult to take pictures of. It actually looks pretty good. I would say it’s worth sending out.

I'll second that, Rez. Seems the cleaner they get, the harder it gets to photo them.

I agree. Take apart, and a light restore should be on call.
There's always tons of gunk in the pivot.

Nice looking blade and good luck.