Hello Sir. Great job. I have a couple of oldies i have to do. One tip if i may. In future re-oilings use a lighter oil, like sowing machine oil or the more expensive specialised oils for knives (KPL) but sowing machine oil is cheap and good. They attract and hold less dirt that 3in1 universal. All the best.
A great restoration, well done and I really like the wood finish. In the early to mid eighties my mother brought my brother and myself a Champ each back from Switzerland. I would have been in my mid twenties and my brother around thirty, and although we have both used our knives extensively we probably haven’t abused them to the degree we would have done if we'd been fifteen when we first got them. The knives are still used and coincidentally we both keep them in our camera bags now, neither of us knew this is where the other kept their knife until very recently. The only blades I have never used are the descaling and disgorger ones, and these days the magnifying glass is one of the most used. Mum is no longer with us but we always have a special reminder of an amazing lady, and when neither of us are still around they will go to my grandsons (my brother has no children). A very special video, thank you for posting it.
They will pop off easily, but you will break the tabs that hold them onto the body of the knife, so they will have to be glued back on once you've cleaned them. Hope that helps.
Thanks for watching Alan 👍 I think if the stack is getting wobbly the best thing to do is drill out the old rivets and peen in some new ones. Good for another lifetime then!
Thanks Christopher 😀. It's really not a secret, just leave some fine gauge steel wool in a jar of white vinegar for a couple of weeks... then apply to oak - or any other wood with a high tannin content. If you want to, you can add teabags to put additional tannins in the sauce.
Well done!!! You have made an excellent tool proud again!!
Hello Sir. Great job. I have a couple of oldies i have to do. One tip if i may. In future re-oilings use a lighter oil, like sowing machine oil or the more expensive specialised oils for knives (KPL) but sowing machine oil is cheap and good. They attract and hold less dirt that 3in1 universal. All the best.
A great restoration, well done and I really like the wood finish.
In the early to mid eighties my mother brought my brother and myself a Champ each back from Switzerland. I would have been in my mid twenties and my brother around thirty, and although we have both used our knives extensively we probably haven’t abused them to the degree we would have done if we'd been fifteen when we first got them.
The knives are still used and coincidentally we both keep them in our camera bags now, neither of us knew this is where the other kept their knife until very recently. The only blades I have never used are the descaling and disgorger ones, and these days the magnifying glass is one of the most used.
Mum is no longer with us but we always have a special reminder of an amazing lady, and when neither of us are still around they will go to my grandsons (my brother has no children).
A very special video, thank you for posting it.
Great job sir
Wicked job ..
Steve Kennedy thank you 👍
Looks much better. I love my SAK
I'm very happy with it. Just needs a new lanyard ring 😁
Another great video Phil. Nice and relaxing. And that SAK looks so much better now.
Indeed, I'm very happy with it. It doesn't come over on film just now nice the finish is.
came out really great!nice video Phil!
Thank you Marko. 👍
Great job. I have a horrible feeling we haven’t swapped stickers!!?! 😮😮😮🌲🦊🥰
A sticker swap... I thought that had gone out of fashion 😂 sure. DM me your address and I'll get a couple in the post
Nice one, Phil. Good job I waited for the blooper 😂
That looks pretty sweet! Nice re-do!
Thank you very much 👍
First! Really nice restoration project!
Thank you Alex. My first First! too 👍
I got mine from my late grandfather...and it got some sand beneath the plastic cover...can i just peel the plastic off?so i can remove the sand
They will pop off easily, but you will break the tabs that hold them onto the body of the knife, so they will have to be glued back on once you've cleaned them. Hope that helps.
@@PhilMakesThings okay thanks!
nice job sir, i have the same champ and same model like yours sir👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice work.
hi from Switzerland :)
Hello! Thanks for watching.
Great project Phil. Need to do something similar with mine but if to try tighten up the knife blade it's gone a bit wabbley. Any tips?
Thanks for watching Alan 👍 I think if the stack is getting wobbly the best thing to do is drill out the old rivets and peen in some new ones. Good for another lifetime then!
Phil Makes Things cheers Phil I'll look into that 👍
Super cool. Now I want to do that to mine. Just subbed you brother. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much😀. I was very pleased how it turned out 👍
That ebonising secret sauce works great, can you share what’s in it?
Thanks Christopher 😀. It's really not a secret, just leave some fine gauge steel wool in a jar of white vinegar for a couple of weeks... then apply to oak - or any other wood with a high tannin content. If you want to, you can add teabags to put additional tannins in the sauce.
Standard, guess I need a jam jar and some vinegar, from the vinegar people.
Типа испачкался в грязи и нож под восстановление!? Фейк!!!
medio villero le quedó...
Why use oak and then ruin it.
I wouldn’t consider ebonising oak “ruining”, but that’s subjective. Thanks for watching. 👍
Phil Makes Things quite right, no offense intended. I just would have preferred to see the natural beauty of the wood, but you did a great job.