I received a bunch of hunting stuff from a ailing uncle and in it he sent me all his hunting knives. Unfortunately, the knives are in rough shape due to his basement flooding years ago and the knives never made it out of storage to be cleaned up.
I have looked into a few of them and they are really old and valuable so I am hesitate to start cleaning them up myself. I would never sell them so I don't care about the antique value.
Is there a place in the Edmonton area that would do restoration on knives?
I received a bunch of hunting stuff from a ailing uncle and in it he sent me all his hunting knives. Unfortunately, the knives are in rough shape due to his basement flooding years ago and the knives never made it out of storage to be cleaned up.
I have looked into a few of them and they are really old and valuable so I am hesitate to start cleaning them up myself. I would never sell them so I don't care about the antique value.
Is there a place in the Edmonton area that would do restoration on knives?
Can you post some pics? You don’t always want to restore them totally as much as clean the and make them usable, but it depends. Different materials are addressed differently.
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Restoring knives is not that hard, Google it, might be fun for you. Most knife damage is superficial, and a little sand paper and elbow grease fixes them right up.
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Sandpaper devalues collectible knives like Puma or Boker.
Sometimes professional help will restore some value, often the damage is done and the best that you can hope for is usable.
Electrolysis is the answer here; avoid sandpaper like the plague.
I did a couple of antique Stanley planes this way. Electrolysis even removes the rust from inside the pitted areas without damaging the remaining metal.
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