OT-Old Knife

Dastook · Post by **Dastook** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:12 pm

Iâ€™m a knife nut too. This old knife was my dadâ€™s. When my dad was a young boy, circa 1925, he would stop at the town blacksmith shop when walking home from school. This was in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho. He would help the blacksmith â€œturn the forgeâ€

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:16 pm

That is super cool.....great treasure you have there from your Dad! Almost any penetrating Oil will work. I have taken a liking to Ballistol as it is non-toxic.

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:32 pm

Great knife!
I have been using Break Free CLP for most my needs, but then again living in the Mojave desert has it's benefits and rust is not one of them

I have a couple of old handmade knifes that were my granddads, but do not have the history about them like you do.
Great treasure you have there.

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:50 pm

If you are going to use the knife on things you'll eat, olive oil is best. Don't keep it in the scabbard. The tannic acid in leather makes steel rust big time.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:03 pm

What Swampman said. +1

I make knives and what I do to a lot of them is to rush a patina to the blade. I use apples, tomatoes, mustard and other things to get a look to the blade of Grandma's old kitchen knives. It works like rust bluing. It'll still rust if you leave stuff on the blade, like blood. But it acts like bluing and protects the blade from most stuff. Plus it adds a nice patina.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:02 pm

dastook & salvo (Scott) - those are very cool knives!

Thanks for sharing!!!

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:02 pm

You can't beat history with anything. That knife is fantastic! Thank you for sharing it.

Post by **Old Savage** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:20 pm

Here are a couple from my grandfathers farm certainly older than 1941. They are forged with no maker or brand and appear to be excellent carbon steel. With them is a stag handled steel. They may go back as early as 1913.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:21 pm

whoa, you guys have the nice-knife stuff!

Dastook · Post by **Dastook** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:30 am

Thanks for the replies. I will go to work stopping this rust.

mike454 · Post by **mike454** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:46 pm

Turning the forge would have been cranking the blower. A blower is what replaced belows in supplying a coal fire with air. Alot of knife collectors coat the blades with renaissance wax and than oil it. Neat knife