How to Easily Restore a Vintage Slipjoint Pocket Knife

Joe shows you an easy way to restore a vintage pocket knife at home. Tools include a straight pin, Mineral Oil, paper towel (or rag). You can also finish up with 12000 grit “Micro-mesh” for a mirror polish.

Link to Micro-mesh below:

[thegreatmerga]

I found my father-in-law’s really old pocket knife in similar condition in the bottom of
an old toolbox he gave me. I plan to restore it and give it back as a gift. Thanks for this video!

[wizardofahhhs]

These small knives are great for cleaning under the fingernails and makeshift toothpicks, it's a constant companion to my full sized EDC.

[blipblip]

That's interesting. I never considered the various color grades of rust. Well done, and thanks!

[andrewp.schubert]

Great demo for cleaning a vintage knife. Thanks for sharing. BTW nice knife.

[BoggWeasel]

The "decorative pull" is a striker for "strike anywhere" matches, maybe it's a pipe smoker's knife ?

[michaelbergman]

If you soak it in olive oil it will polish to almost like new and stop rust. The oil rehydrates the plastics.

[johnclarke]

I have found a good lubricant for knives - a 50:50 mix of ATF and bar oil. I keep it in my pneumatic oiler for general lubrication. I put it on the hinge parts of my pocket knives, yesterday. This oil has good staying qualities and the ATF will penetrate into the molecular structure of the metal. It does not provide a lot of rust prevention but it is better than nothing. I also used compressed air to blow off any excess oil and then wiped them dry with a shop towel.

[paddyspotatopeelers]

Really beautiful job mate, if you ever want to sell or trade your vintage knives im your man .atb paddy