Antique Rusty Knife Restoration

Restoring a rusty knife I found with a metal detector. The process involved a lot of hand crafting by a skilled artisan cleaning the blade, welding it and shaping the knife. In the end the artisan turned a piece of rusty metal into an incredible knife a viking would be proud of!

[milanfanas]

This is not a restoration, this is a new knife with a few grams of old pitted metal attached

[Nookerz]

Seems like this is less of a restoration, and more of a replica made from about 40% recycled material.

[iTeerRex]

Unless it has sentimental, historical, or some such value, there’s no point in restoring it, because there’s very little metal left.

[thomasmchugh]

Just curious as to why a san mai style wasn't used. Would have preserved the original metal throughout the forging, and used it for the cutting edge. But these are differences of style, and I respect the talent shown here.

[hopeliveshere]

Can we get an update on the cat that was restored. Did it make it?

[Luckypuk]

How much of the original knife was left after grinding?

[markgordon]

To be fair it was entertaining, if it was made of three or more of these original bloomary blades to make a whole that may have been a little more satisfying, nice final product, I wouldn't let trolls detract from a good bit of content 😊

[chrisstephens]

Im not denying the skill involved but question the morals. Rather like the famous axe that had three new handles and two heads but was still the original(?).

[HarlemGreatest]

You didn’t restore anything. You just made a new knife…

[milavargas]

It was a learning experience, it has some of the old metal which makes it special nonetheless.

[TravisBon]

The crazy part is is the knifes not even really in this final piece and I bet you they charge them an exuberant amount of money

[skylordianandy]

Thats not even a knife anymore. Its a rusted lump.

[DisgruntledGrunt]

Not a restoration at all. Would have been better off cutting up what was left of the blade and adding other metal in either a canister Damascus or crucible steel billet.