Knife question

[Carrot44]

I have a very old Old Timer knife and the blade is dull and looks like it is stained. Not sure what kind of steal it is but says SCHRADE USA 152.

What is the best way to sharpen it and clean it up.

Ken

 

[Lager]

Maybe PCTweaker can help.

 

[PCTweaker5]

Buy yerself a knife sharpnin kit wit du flooids n stuff!

 

[Carrot44]

Originally posted by: PCTweaker5
Buy yerself a knife sharpnin kit wit du flooids n stuff!

What?

 

[Subzero]

Get some fine steel wool and some mag polish and a good stone ...

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Carrot39

Originally posted by: PCTweaker5
Buy yerself a knife sharpnin kit wit du flooids n stuff!

What?

"Buy yourself a knife sharpening kit with the fluids and stuff.

 

[Schadenfreude]

I'd say sned it in to a "blade expert" - or a metallurologist - some knives, the cheaply made ones, are "coated" with the blade at the edge so that once it wears down, it's retty useless and it cannot hold an edge - you should check to make sure that it's okay to sharpen the blade - and you prolly should have a professional do it for you - verry easy to fvck it up, you know.

 

[BadNewsBears]

I have the knife sharpening system by Lansky with the arkansas stones, and the synthetic stones. It has a rod, that slides into a guide to keep the same angle while sharpening. Works great on my skinning/cleaning knives, as well as mom's kitchen knives.

 

[Josephus]

The knife looks like this

I'm not sure of the blade material, probably stainless. I like the info on Buck Knives site concerning knofe care and repair

You could always contact Schrade, they might refurbish for you. It's a $20 knife, so consider what you have there

 

[HorizonSeekerII]

if it's schrade, very likely it's simply stainless steel depending on what lot they were using in that batch.

go to places like knifeforums.com and bladeforums.com and post there with a picture, there is a schrade specific forum on bladeforums.com and the "bernard levine" forum on knifeforums.com should provide better answers.

you might want to keep it in its current position, if it is a very early shcrade, it might have some value.