Thread: Cleaning rust around a covered tang.

Originally Posted by Undream

I would not remove the tang.

I would wrap my left index finger with 600 grit sandpaper, and hold the razor blade in my right hand and basically breadknife the tang onto my sandpaper wrapped finger, trying to keep the ivory surfaces off the sandpaper if possible...carefully sanding the flat surfaces of metal...

If you are worried about hitting the ivory, don't -- you can sand up to 2000 and then use some maas on a felt pad on your dremel @ low speed and re-buff the ivory back to mirror.

Whatever you do, don't sand the word printing on the ivory ;D it will go byebye.

For the little dimple between the blade and tang there, wrap a pencil in sandpaper and sand that down...

go to 2000 grit after all rust is gone and then do the same motions with a rag /w MAAS on it (wrapped around finger, wrapped around pencil)....

thats what I'd do!

Be careful and patient and this will work!