Pocket Knife Restoration & Repair

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Gunsmoka
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Pocket Knife Restoration & Repair

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I am a new member. Do you have a list of referrals for folks who repair and restore pocket knives? I have seven (7) mostly just sentimental value, Boy Scouts, Forrest Master, Imperial, Colonial, Ulster etc.
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There is 4 or 5 guys (I think) that does work for other people. I personally am still learning and I don't feel comfortable doing work for others yet.

Post up a few pictures of your knives one at a time (each in their own thread) and maybe somebody will take on your job.

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I agree with Mike. You might want to post close-up individual pictures, of each knife (we love pictures) and try to describe problems you would like corrected. Some of the brand knives you've mentioned often go for $10-15. Repair restoration might be $100. It's really hard to say, without seeing some. I, like Mike, am in the learning stage. There are a several folk that will chime in and help give some advice. Maybe one or two may be valuable knives, worth focusing on. Then you could decide whether it's worth the money for sentimental reasons...or you just want to clean them up and enjoy them, as they were, when you received them.
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Who might work on them for you could depend on what do you want done to them? Do they need blades replaced? Are backsprings broken? Are handle covers cracked, broken or missing? Or do they just need a good cleaning up (in which case you can probably do a lot yourself)?

More details would help.

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No cracked handles. No broken blades. No broken back springs. They have been oiled but I can't get the rust off. Thinking that someone who could take them apart and clean inside would be needed.
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I'm not trying to put you off but take a look at this thread....

viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3308&p=23837&hilit=cleaning#p23837

The above thread has posts from the guys that restore for others.

I hope this helps you.
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Meridian_Mike wrote:I'm not trying to put you off but take a look at this thread....

viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3308&p=23837&hilit=cleaning#p23837

The above thread has posts from the guys that restore for others.

I hope this helps you.
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Gunsmoka wrote:No cracked handles. No broken blades. No broken back springs. They have been oiled but I can't get the rust off. Thinking that someone who could take them apart and clean inside would be needed.
That being the case you can do a pretty good job of cleaning them up yourself assuming you have the time,pacience and "elbow grease". If you read the posts in the link Mike provided, note the last post there is from Muskratman, a member here who is a fine knife mechanic, explains how he cleans knives.

How to clean knives is one of the more common topics here so there's a lot of information. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=45848&p=600780&hili ... ng#p600780

Member Triple F (Scott) will clean them for you for a reasonable fee. Here's a description of what he does viewtopic.php?f=38&t=47909

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Generally speaking, your knives don't look in too bad of shape. I've been pulling knives apart, to learn and fix them...but It doesn't appear that yours need to be disassembled. Taking them apart takes a fair amount of time and would probably be fairly costly. I just cleaned this one up yesterday...and didn't take it apart. Most people value the aged metal / patina look. I personally wouldn't be trying to make yours look "shiny". But here is one I cleaned up yesterday...with overt rust all over the place... It also shows how I cleaned rust, inside. Toothpicks, paper clips, even another knife can work relatively well
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