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How to Clean an Old Pocket Knife
Category: Knife TipsIf you are serious at all about collecting knives, you should absolutely learn how to clean an old pocket knife. How to clean an old pocket knife is not exactly an art but there are a few things to keep in mind when doing so.
- Ensure that your remove all sand and dirt.
- Use oil liberally to remove any rust.
- WD-40 isn’t a bad way to go to remove hard to get rust.
- Break-Free is another great solution to clean the rust from an old pocket knife.
- Lubricate the moving joints and parts and work them repeatedly to work in the oil.
- Always wipe away fingerprints when done cleaning or handling an old pocket knife to keep the natural oil off of the metal parts as much as possible.
How to clean an old pocket knife.
Follow the tips above and you will certainly get down the method of how to clean an old pocket knife. It isn’t that difficult, but will require quite a bit of elbow grease.
Another method on how to clean an old pocket knife.
Another method of how to clean an old pocket knife is to simply boil it in water. I know this sounds crazy but it works. However, ensure that you don’t boil any plastic parts as this will certainly destroy them.
Bring the water to a boil and open the knife then drop it in the pot. Allow it to boil for no more than 60 seconds. Remove the knife and scrape the softened dirt and grime off with a stiff toothbrush.
Dry the knife then apply lubricant. That should get you started.
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Hmm… the Boiling part is interesting. i might want to try that. Great post
I’d just like to say that you can actually use a Tomato for cleaning your rusty old blade–even a stainless steel blade. Since a lot of my even stainless blades are getting nasty nowadays (as they’re cheapo Chinese stuff; I don’t use a lot of que expensivo blades on an every-day or work basis), I just stick em in a Tomato overnight and wipe the stuff off in the morning with some paper towel.