Thank you for the info! I found an old hawkbill pocket knife in my great-great-grandfather's workshop. He passed away this past October. I'm restoring his knife to give to my dad.
Perfect first knife for a young person. I would have been tickled to have gotten one when I was young. And that old carbon steel will sharpen up like a razor
Thank you for a very useful video. I have lived on a river for many years. I have 4 docks and fishermen love to fish around the docks. I don’t blame them. Every 3 years the corp of army engineers lower the river so they can work on the dams and homeowners work on their docks snd sea walls. Not surprisingly, I find the knives, Anchors and other tools that fall overboard. So, your video gives me a better choice to clean these tools. Thank you once again.
I've refurbished many Camco and Colonial pocketknives made in the late 60s' to lateI 70's. The thing about them is that the bolsters are fake, made out of a piece of stamped metal that has small tabs on the ends to secure it to the brass liners. The scales are usually a thin plastic overlay. What is surprising is that the innards (springs, liners and blades) are still great quality. I don't mess around with the imitation pressed bolsters. I take them off. Once you get that off, you'll notice that the knife is held together by rivets not pins. I clean the brass liners and glue on Hardwoods from my yard that I've air dried.
Thanks for the video. I've recently started doing a bit of knife restoration as a new hobby, and I find this information to be very valuable. I'll be adding this to my playlist.
Thanks for this video. I found my old camping pocketknife. It has a fork and spoon as well as the blade and a can opening blade. I’m going to clean it up!
Do you have any suggestions on how i would clean my beer scout knife in a way similar to this? Problem is i dont think i can just let the knife sit submerged because the scales are made from beer barrell oak.
@@michaellangley341 It would depend on how rusty the knife is and where the rust is. You could suspend the blades without submerging the handle. It may come down to manually scrubbing off the rust.
@BeauTasker-Davies I don't believe so but testing a drop or so in an inconspicuous place would be a good idea. It is water soluable so I think it would be okay.
The only way to remove pits is to re-cut and then polish the blade. This requires some specialized equipment like a knife maker would use. If you can find a local knife maker, that person could do the work
I haven't run any tests but the barlow knife in the video has bone scales and they were fine. It is water based so wood may absorb it depending on the wood.
I have my grandfather's barlow from when he worked at staleysand it has safety award 1982 on the handle will the evaporust remove the word's off of it?
What a treasure! I really have no way to know if it would affect the inscription. If I were going to use this product I would suspend the knife so that only the blades were submerged in the chemical to protect the inscription.
Very cool! I have my Grandfather's Barlow. I would sit on his lap and watch him whittle. He was a fine craftsman with wood. My oldest memory of watching him use that knife is 1962 ❤
Some people use vinegar or Coca Cola. I haven't tried cola but vinegar will etch steel. I have used an electrolysis tank for cast iron cookware but it is no faster and a lot of trouble for just a pocket knife.
Baking soda will kinda sorta work too. My oil and gas combo really only works to get the moving parts moving. Ive always wished I were more of a handyman.
Will this damage wooden scales. I am not sure if it is coated or just oiled wood. I also have a black tactical folding knife. Will it affect the black finish?
That one bottle will clean rust off of a whole bunch of knives, not just one. You keep re-using the stuff until it gets really dark with rust and quits working.
Thank you for the info! I found an old hawkbill pocket knife in my great-great-grandfather's workshop. He passed away this past October. I'm restoring his knife to give to my dad.
@@catherinewiedman-smirnov5146 I hope it turns out well! Best of luck.
Perfect first knife for a young person. I would have been tickled to have gotten one when I was young. And that old carbon steel will sharpen up like a razor
All so true! Thank you for watching!
Thank you for a very useful video. I have lived on a river for many years. I have 4 docks and fishermen love to fish around the docks. I don’t blame them. Every 3 years the corp of army engineers lower the river so they can work on the dams and homeowners work on their docks snd sea walls. Not surprisingly, I find the knives, Anchors and other tools that fall overboard.
So, your video gives me a better choice to clean these tools.
Thank you once again.
I've refurbished many Camco and Colonial pocketknives made in the late 60s' to lateI 70's. The thing about them is that the bolsters are fake, made out of a piece of stamped metal that has small tabs on the ends to secure it to the brass liners. The scales are usually a thin plastic overlay. What is surprising is that the innards (springs, liners and blades) are still great quality. I don't mess around with the imitation pressed bolsters. I take them off. Once you get that off, you'll notice that the knife is held together by rivets not pins. I clean the brass liners and glue on Hardwoods from my yard that I've air dried.
Using an ultrasonic cleaner with the Evapo-rust is a great tip, the ultrasonic action will get in those crevices.
Yes it does! Thanks for watching!
You just said the whole 6 minute video in one sentence
Thanks for the video. I've recently started doing a bit of knife restoration as a new hobby, and I find this information to be very valuable. I'll be adding this to my playlist.
Thanks for this video. I found my old camping pocketknife. It has a fork and spoon as well as the blade and a can opening blade. I’m going to clean it up!
@@Tootsierohl nice! I hope it cleans up well.
Do you have any suggestions on how i would clean my beer scout knife in a way similar to this? Problem is i dont think i can just let the knife sit submerged because the scales are made from beer barrell oak.
@@michaellangley341 It would depend on how rusty the knife is and where the rust is. You could suspend the blades without submerging the handle. It may come down to manually scrubbing off the rust.
Would rust remover damage or do something to mother of pearl outside on a pocket knife
@BeauTasker-Davies I don't believe so but testing a drop or so in an inconspicuous place would be a good idea. It is water soluable so I think it would be okay.
I have a fixed blade that has some good pits from the rust. What is your suggestion to get the pits out. Thanks
The only way to remove pits is to re-cut and then polish the blade. This requires some specialized equipment like a knife maker would use. If you can find a local knife maker, that person could do the work
Do you know what sort of effect will the evaporust would have on natural materials like wood or bone?
I haven't run any tests but the barlow knife in the video has bone scales and they were fine. It is water based so wood may absorb it depending on the wood.
@@workbenchknifeandtool that’s good to know, thank you for the info!
Thanks for the ultrasonic tip!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.
This video just got you another subscriber. Outstanding video Sir. Very informative. Thanks so much.
Thank you for subscribing and watching!
Thank you, I have a project right now. God bless
Let us know how it turns out.
I have my grandfather's barlow from when he worked at staleysand it has safety award 1982 on the handle will the evaporust remove the word's off of it?
What a treasure! I really have no way to know if it would affect the inscription. If I were going to use this product I would suspend the knife so that only the blades were submerged in the chemical to protect the inscription.
Ok thank you
Very cool! I have my Grandfather's Barlow. I would sit on his lap and watch him whittle. He was a fine craftsman with wood. My oldest memory of watching him use that knife is 1962 ❤
@workbenchknifeandtool I was able to clean up the barlow without using any chemicals, thank you for the advice
I found an old penknife stuck in a muddy bank today, so I'm going to try and clean it up. I have a can of air, I wondered what to use it for! 😊
I hope it cleans up well! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for mentioning vinegar, as a woman my first thought 😀
My first thought as a guy😂
I’ve actually soaked a rusty knife for a few days, then soaked in gasoline. It kinda works, but not great. Now I know a better way.
Some people use vinegar or Coca Cola. I haven't tried cola but vinegar will etch steel. I have used an electrolysis tank for cast iron cookware but it is no faster and a lot of trouble for just a pocket knife.
Baking soda will kinda sorta work too. My oil and gas combo really only works to get the moving parts moving.
Ive always wished I were more of a handyman.
Will this damage wooden scales. I am not sure if it is coated or just oiled wood. I also have a black tactical folding knife. Will it affect the black finish?
Will wd40 take rust off?
@sarahtubbs8793 No, WD40 can help prevent rust but it will not remove it.
very helpful... thank you!
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting too!
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching!
I came here to say to watch this video and had the same knife
So have to pay $17 plus tax and more dollars to remove rust from a $15 knife????
That one bottle will clean rust off of a whole bunch of knives, not just one. You keep re-using the stuff until it gets really dark with rust and quits working.