Title: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: TRB on January 12, 2008, 07:04:00 PM
Post by: TRB on January 12, 2008, 07:04:00 PM
I have a question for the knife experts here. I was given a Puma, Skinner many many years ago. By my parents. I wont go into detail on what happened to the knife. But lets just say it was missing for quite some time. I recently got the knife back. When I pulled it from the sheath, I was sick. Rust. I emailed Puma, they said nothing could be done with it. Does anyone here have any ideas? I`ll try and post a picture. (http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/TRB53/Picture124.jpg)
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: sticshooter on January 12, 2008, 07:07:00 PM
Post by: sticshooter on January 12, 2008, 07:07:00 PM
How pitted is the blade and how deep?<><
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: TRB on January 12, 2008, 07:13:00 PM
Post by: TRB on January 12, 2008, 07:13:00 PM
Hard to tell how deep, but it is pitted. But doesn't appear too deep. The other side isn`t as bad.
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: sticshooter on January 12, 2008, 07:24:00 PM
Post by: sticshooter on January 12, 2008, 07:24:00 PM
I am no expert but think maybe some 220 then 400 grit sandpaper and work upto 800<><
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: Lin Rhea on January 12, 2008, 07:57:00 PM
Post by: Lin Rhea on January 12, 2008, 07:57:00 PM
J Neilson has a tutorial for touching up a blades finish. I cant seem to find the tutorial, so I'll describe the process. You may have to use a little more elbow grease, but I'll bet it will work for your knife too.
He puts a sanding block in a vise in a horizontal position and drags each flat of the blade, starting at the guard, toward him. Apply firm pressure till you get to the tip and reduce pressure, just a little. Just go one direction or it wont look good. Start with 220 doing all of the flats and go to finer grits till you are happy with it.
Lin
He puts a sanding block in a vise in a horizontal position and drags each flat of the blade, starting at the guard, toward him. Apply firm pressure till you get to the tip and reduce pressure, just a little. Just go one direction or it wont look good. Start with 220 doing all of the flats and go to finer grits till you are happy with it.
Lin
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: robtattoo on January 13, 2008, 11:22:00 AM
Post by: robtattoo on January 13, 2008, 11:22:00 AM
Here you go Lin
Knife blade polishing, with J Neilson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZheeI3voYs)
Knife blade polishing, with J Neilson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZheeI3voYs)
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: Lin Rhea on January 13, 2008, 02:18:00 PM
Post by: Lin Rhea on January 13, 2008, 02:18:00 PM
Robtattoo,
Thanks. J is pretty sharp........I said sharp! uh..knives?.... never mind.
Even if the blade is chrome plated, it will end up looking better without the rust.
Lin
Thanks. J is pretty sharp........I said sharp! uh..knives?.... never mind.
Even if the blade is chrome plated, it will end up looking better without the rust.
Lin
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: TRB on January 13, 2008, 04:22:00 PM
Post by: TRB on January 13, 2008, 04:22:00 PM
Thanks everyone, I`ll give it a try and see what happens.
Title: Re: Rusty blade, what to do?
Post by: Ru on February 01, 2008, 09:20:00 PM
Post by: Ru on February 01, 2008, 09:20:00 PM
this is such a great website so many great people. :thumbsup:
Here is a(Puukko) knife a friend asked me to clean for him with the above help I was able to do it with much more ease.
The blade is not spotless!["[dntthnk]"]("graemlins/dntthnk.gif" "\"\"")
but it is a lot better than it was.
Thanx
Before
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/IMG_0014.jpg)After (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/IMG_0014_2.jpg)
Here is a(Puukko) knife a friend asked me to clean for him with the above help I was able to do it with much more ease.
The blade is not spotless
but it is a lot better than it was.Thanx
Before
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/IMG_0014.jpg)After (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/IMG_0014_2.jpg)