Restoring rusty old pocket knife found from fleamarket - Knife restoration

I will restore this rusty 0.5€ pocket knife back it's former glory. I found it from a flea market. The knife is very rusty but there is no major damage besides the pitting from the rust. I hope it's not rusted beyond restoration. I found this very interesting because before actually starting the disassembly I didn’t notice how the assembly was done and I thought it would be a nice project because the pins were hidden and I was curious how the covers of the handle were done, was it paint or something or something else. As usual, some detailed explanation of the processes can be found after the links.
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After figuring out how to the knife was put together, I tried to pull those tiny metal tabs back out to get the scales off but I didn’t have a tool that could have loosened the scales. I decided to see If I could pry it apart without ruining the scales. I broke out my old trusty prying chisel. The reason I use it is that it’s hard, sharp (the edge fits to very tight gaps) and the bevel usually helps when I need to take stuff apart. I don’t really have to pry anything I only need to push and the bevel will pull the pieces apart. After scales were off I used a Dremel to grind off the pins. Then all the metal parts were put into rust remover.
After the rust was removed I sanded the pitting off from the visible parts. No need to remove material from hidden parts if the pitting doesn’t affect the functionality of the item. For the scales I used the nickel plating system to prevent it from rusting again the same was done to the plates that housed the blade and the small clip at the end of the knife. After the parts came off from the liquid I rinsed them with water to remove the liquid because it’s acidic and could start dissolving the plating after the electricity is cut. The blade was fist sanded to 400 grits. And then hardened in oil. If I hardened it first the sanding would have been much more laborious. On the other hand because I use gas burner to heat the blade up the outer surface of the blade will burn and come off so polishing before hardening is also unnecessary. After hardening the blade it was tempered in a n oven for couple of ours. This makes it less brittle.
The plastic covers on the scales were damaged and I wasn’t a big fan of the design so I decided to try adding a layer of veneer on the scales. I diluted some epoxy with thinner to allow me to apply only a very thin layer. If there was a thick layer it would come through the veneer and squeeze out under the edges. I used bunch of rubber bands to apply even-ish pressure on the veneer until the epoxy had dried. After this I sanded off the excess veneer that came over the edges.
For the assembly I made some brass rivets. I just cut pieces of brass wire and put them in a vise vertically. Then I hammered once end until it didn’t fit through the holes for the pins anymore. After the parts were assembled together, I cut the pins to wanted length and hammered the other end. It is much easier to assemble the knife if the pins have a little extra length.
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[@Frankowillo]

I've been knife making for 25+ years and just love watching this guy. He obviously enjoys what he's doing and provides loads of entertaining viewing. Couple of tips: 1) Soak the veneer in water, form it to the shape of the handle and let dry, then glue it. 2) A few grains of salt on the glue will keep the veneer from slipping and sliding while you position it on the handle scales.

[@Jamisonurquhartshirley23]

Thanks for the tips I've recently come into around 15 very old pocket knives in very poor shape, I'm searching for all the tips I can forage..I don't want to touch them until I can fix them,

[@jkgkjgkijk]

Veneer will split in water

[@jelkel25]

The name is Richards Of Sheffield. They went out of business in the early 80s. They were mainly known for their scissors and cheap novelty knives. I'm very impressed you restored the knife as well as you did, it wasn't very good when it was new. I picked up two at a flea market for very little and am still unsure if I want to put in the time to restore them. Maybe I will view them like apprentice pieces, if a good job can be made of restoring them it shows proficiency! Thanks for a very good video.

[@nefariousyawn]

I appreciate the captions that you add to explain your thinking and the process.

[@yoshikagekira7343]

Tucker Southard bic there no captions

[@alexarellano4813]

@@yoshikagekira7343 During the video you can see that he puts the things that he is doing and thinking

[@landyio2558]

Clearly

[@jant7881]

Yes, thank goodness for this. I love it.

[@markharris5771]

When I was a kid, some half a century ago, we used to buy these from the local paper shop for about 50p. The sheaf knives we got as birthday or Christmas presents, how times have changed. I’m glad you changed out of the camouflage trousers. It was had work watching the video and not being able to see you properly as you blended into the background so well. Another superb restoration, I really like the veneer. very well done.

[@fidelpascual4216]

Mark Harris ho

[@xbear7473]

Fidel Pascual 🤨

[@ghoulqdx3410]

Mark Harris you writing like a paragraph like your in school

[@notteryaki453]

Ok Boomer

[@huchow7]

NO ONE FLIPPIN CARES MARKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!

[@Redtailedhawk99]

In future projects if you use a wood veneer steaming it in advance then allowing it to dry in shape before gluing will give you a better finished product.

[@OddTinkering]

I know. Thanks for the tip though. I tested bending it and since it seemed to bend enough as is I thought that would be unnecessary extra work in this case

[@LuiWallentinGttler]

I had the same thought, but I know next to nothing about working with wood. It just seemed logical, that some moisture would make the veneer easier to work with. But hey you learn as long as you live :D.

[@jwaterous224]

Very time consuming: but if you could manage to glue the veneer by 1/8 inch divisions, somehow, I think the glue itself would keep it from splitting and make some of the rubber banding unnecessary. Cool restoration all over!

[@harrygregory6227]

that would look terrible

[@michaelhargis7036]

@@OddTinkering Great video. Along with pocket knives I'm a bit of a watch freak. What name and model watch are you wearing in this video?

[@briandavis4442]

I have to say that this is one of the best videos I have seen, on any subject. No irritating music, no blathering on. Excellent.

[@johnvaldez8830]

I'm glad you did the nickel plating and the linseed oil. Steaming the veneer wasn't necessary if its thin enough to shape. Knife looks top notch. Really good video overall.

[@manoochehrsohrabi]

No music and good job.

[@OddTinkering]

Thank you!

[@yoshikagekira7343]

I honestly don’t like when people put music over it. It’s better for me to hear all the sounds. Helps me relax!

[@orangejoe2147]

It's always the obnoxious music that gets to me. This channel is able to pull off not having music so very well

[@matthieuvilleneuve9101]

Although you don't have as much tools as other restoration channels, I like that you still make a wonderful job! Keep up the good work, your channel is one of my favourites!

[@jant7881]

I like the limit amount of tools. It just goes to show how any of us can do this. I plan to restore a small pocket knife.

[@Augustas1945]

​@@jant7881did you do it

[@rothroth8127]

This video cures my anxiety

[@OddTinkering]

Nice to hear that!

[@A46648]

@@DjDobleU809 creep

[@sudo_nym]

Don't worry, it'll return soon enough and you'll feel pretty rotten again.

[@Socrates458]

I came to watch a video to cure my anxiety to

[@restoration4891]

nice video i have same

[@lightning4871]

You really did good with this video. Timing was great. Overall a super job.

[@devrajpolegadoo2780]

As I have various tools I got good ideas to use and do something. Thanks

[@Orinslayer]

6:12 RIP spider.

[@redshadow4146]

Ooo lol

[@elias2054]

poor thing

[@humanhandgrenade4555]

Aracnaphobes dream come true

[@Yara_Colorado]

•́ ,•̀

[@themightydrogo1874]

Lol he witnessed hell before anything

[@natfoote4967]

Looks like my Saber brand knife from Ireland. Cheap, pot-metal scales, tabbed on the inside. But the blades are good carbon steel and take a heck of an edge.

[@rogersmith9808]

After the oil and oven tempering along with that sharpening job, the blade is probably better than it was when it was brand new. And then there's the nickel plating and genuine wood veneer... so I'd say other than the remanence of the pitting from the rust, it's a far better overall knife than when it was brand new. 👍

[@rogersmith9808]

@Hammer_of_creation I'll be watching for you to make a video showing us all how a "Boss" does it, there, "Hammer_of_criticism"! 😒

[@wamuuthepoleperson168]

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[@duckemoji9873]

Thank you for mentioning this, I hope Odd Tinkering finds this comment!

[@ricardocruz2845]

Mr_ E54 i mean the other guy is basically stealing money from him

[@DSWL_]

@Mr_ E54 copyright strike is not necessary just ask them to remove the upload. ive had to issues with ppl stealing my content. unacceptable...

[@idontknow-kr6rk]

69th like

[@silversunnybunny]

@@DSWL_ have you actually looked at the mentioned channel?? because all they do is upload odd tinkerings vids, so just terminate the whole channel

[@AverageOhioan1903]

Thank you for publishing this I enjoy going to flea markets and “flipping” knifes but I never learned how to restor

[@VicenteFontanella]

I can’t imagine how much history has this knife. Lovely coming back for an old peace of history.

[@antons2473]

there once was a guy who carried around a pocket knife in his ass for something like 35 years. Then he sold the knife on a fleamarket

[@thatgoodstuff1986]

@@antons2473 legend has it that the knife still has skid marks to this day

[@undergroundexplorer8378]

These restoration videos are always fun to watch! I myself have dabbled a little in restoring old pocket knives. Very rarely have I ever taken them totally apart. It’s usually a difficult task when it comes to old knives that are pinned together. One of my previous attempts kind of went bust. I mainly have trouble with installing new pins. I try making them out of nails which is doable, but I don’t think I have the proper workbench set up to hammer them in properly. I can take them out easily using my Dremel and a hammer, but all I have to work with is my kitchen table which isn’t built for hammering and I don’t have the space to install a set up that’s more solid and grounded. I guess I could get a cinder block and set it on the floor using that as a surface for pin hammering. I usually just use sandpaper and some mineral oil to remove rust and clean the knives out.

[@olesuhr727]

I like the way you write the explanations of what you are doing. It makes it easy to follow the video.

[@robertgibson7716]

made from great steel Sheffield England the the home of first class knifes a first class restoration friend

[@davidrussell4104]

Excellent work. I’m not sure I could break it down so much & reassemble it.

[@dkoriss1]

Nice restoration, you brought me back into '70s, when I was kid, I use to ask my dad very often to buy for me these exact pocket knives. On the one side used to have an image with an animal mainly from Africa, so I wanted to make a collection of them. I thought that only in Greece you could find these type of pocket knives. Today I miss them a lot. Thanks for sharing your skills.

[@emmittkussrow8899]

You and tysytube should have a "blind box restore competition" where you send each other items to restore without telling each other what they are, then each post a restoration video and ask the subscribers to vote which they think is better using comments or likes! Or a community poll.

[@toothlessr8234]

1:49 thank you so much for having lowered the sound 👏🏻🙏🏻

[@brooklyndan11206]

Greetings from NYC! You have taken a ugly and rusted knife and turned into a beautiful pocketknife! Great job my brother! Love watching your channel! God bless and stay safe!

[@roymontgomery2005]

Great idea using the veneer on the handles. Lovely job. Well done

[@cnkilts]

I appreciate the audio work involved in making these videos.

[@clark57225]

You turned a throwaway piece of junk into an attractive and serviceable tool. You claim a 100 percent increase in value; Your estimate is far too low. Not only did you acquire and apply useful skills, you taught (by January 21, 2020) nearly 700,000 viewers how to rescue, restore and increase the value and usefulness of their knives as well. Thank you. My knives will thank you, too.

[@ezzypoo7909]

So happy to see you wearing gloves! It always made me uncomfortable when you groped rust and chemicals. Keep up the awesome content

[@coryjeffreys5146]

You are truly amazing when it comes to tearing it apart repairing it and putting it back together. amazing. Great job.

[@coryjeffreys5146]

I don’t brown nose I just recognize talent when I see it.

[@coryjeffreys5146]

Oh go sit on it hammer toe

[@anna.augustinova]

Thank you very much for the video. I've been kind of anxious lately and this is the only thing that helps me at least little bit.

[@JesseNepal]

Keep on fighting! Thats all you can do, and watch awesome videos like this of course. Take care

[@prettymuchketo2967]

👋🏽Thanks for taking us along on another tinkering journey. No duckies...🐥🧰🔨🧪🧼🧽💦

[@curtisscott02]

People think this a stupid waste of time. I think it's a blast bringing stuff back just cause it's cool! Good job! Keep it up you tinkerer you!

[@besterjack8243]

Sie sind ein Zauberer. Respekt.

[@marklammas2465]

It's Richards, Sheffield. Originally Richartz, a German company. They decamped to Britain before WW2, and ended up making their fortune selling inexpensive pocket knives like this one. The knife in my pocket is one of these in a posh multi-tool version, given to me by my parents on my tenth birthday. I still use it regularly. The lamp symbol, present on both your knife and mine, was their distinctive regular trademark.

[@Kitkat-wf2pu]

You should probably do a video on restoring your rust remover, it’s been through a lot

[@rlwalker2]

I was going to ask if you sharpened it. You more than answered that question. Well done.

[@gentlemensedge5503]

Women will never know the satisfaction of doing such a project. I even dig watching someone else making restorations. Nice job. I liked the mahogany touch. I refurbish straight razors, replace scales etc. I never documented my work on video, it's a pain to constantly change angles, check the lighting. editing etc....so hats off to you for making a great video!

[@clark57225]

Better be careful with those words. A woman just might demonstrate to you how fine an edge she can put on her blade. Just ask the carrots, potatoes and tomatoes she has processed this week.

[@rowdyeggplaad578]

I've seen you on another video of this Gentlemen. You were saying how bad he was at doing shit, and now you are saying "women will never understand" You are no Gentlemen sir. Strip you title away and call yourself a Low Life

[@marcelw6440]

We would get these little knives every year at carnivals. They'd last us (my cousins and I) a week before we lost or broke them. Lol This was nostalgic. Well done.

[@paulorth2251]

Love this knife, it reminds me of one my dad had, called it his fishing knife, always kept it super sharp to clean and gut fish. Thanks for sharing this video with us, it brings back very fond memories.

[@CreatorCade]

They can’t all be collectors knives but I’d say that this one definitely is worth more now with the new handle.

[@ryanmordick9736]

I'd gladly pay more than one dollar for that. Bravo sir.

[@no-ui4wz]

I love how that there’s no music blasting in my ears just the sound of a hard mans work

[@astroknott5263]

i like when hard men work

[@ping139]

And the company are still making knives today, this is from their website, "All of us at Richardson Sheffield are proud of our reputation as a leading British brand, and it's our mission to make beautiful, top quality design accessible and affordable for everyone. Based in Sheffield, England, we've been shaping the future of the global knife market with our iconic and leading edge products since 1839. This rich heritage gives us unparalleled expertise and unrivalled specialist knowledge, as well as a name that is synonymous with uncompromising quality, smart design and technological innovation." Great restoration

[@dreajeffries4653]

Knives made in sheffield were damn good knives once upon a time

[@jakeregan5729]

Strangely satisfying to watch such a simple thing being resurrected. Nice job.

[@Johnsonicv]

Masterful work. Thank you for sharing this

[@brucesims3228]

Got a little nervous in places with some safety concerns but your approach is probably much closer to the rehab methods a lot of us would use.....and the outcome was Stellar!

[@terryfletcher6465]

I've got two of these knives, one was my father's .it still has the plastic scales. I bought the other one when I was 15 , that's 65 years ago for half a crown (12.5 p) I fitted mahogany scales on it and it's still as good as new.

[@clark57225]

Terry, how wonderful it is to have two very special knives after all these years.

[@markcourtney7251]

Great video again. The thing that impresses me most is how slow and careful you work. I am like a bull in a china shop! Well done.

[@ohnename1358]

I wish someone could do that with my grandfather‘s knife...: perfect job tho! Awesome skills. And no music makes it even better

[@clearlake3492]

There is something very restful and satisfying about watching a video like this.

[@tecnotrog1]

Outstanding restoration

[@ciroesposito5320]

VERY VERY NICE ....10+

[@OHutchinson04]

The relaxingend of restoration

[@macsloan58]

Very entertaining. I am watching in Western Pennsylvania where it is snowing rather hard and covering everything with a few inches of wet snow. I’m glad that I had this to watch as there is not much on the idiot box worth watching. Thanks.

[@hardrock1826]

Excellent work and thanks for sharing. I bought a couple of old folders similar to yours at an auction. Nobody wanted them because they were dirty and rusty. After seeing this video I will give your lead a try and do a restoration. Thanks for the inspiration and instruction as to how to go about doing this. That was a really impressive job you did.

[@MissLady-pq4hc]

I relax watching your videos. Thank you for sharing.👍🏼

[@funeralbliss]

Can anyone else "see" the humour he adds in the videos? From the little "danger" pictures he adds to the chemicals he uses to the way he adds certain pieces into camera shots; it's pretty cool to watch. Just goes to show that humour can be added artistically and in many different ways.

[@joshnagenmurugiah4531]

This guy is some piece of work.

[@MrStanwillis]

Great work; the veneer is a plus. Thanks😊

[@n.l.5141]

We need more rusty knifes

[@HDRV224]

what kind of man can dislike video like that ? cant find a word.. what a beatiful channel thanks for these great videos bro.

[@pruzman]

Every single knife restoration video from the start of mankind to eternity: *slices a piece of paper*

[@lookoutpiano8877]

It is the gold standard for testing the sharpness of a knife in general.

[@user-tw9uf9pn3g]

​@@lookoutpiano8877some videos use toy money

[@luisangelnazzi3517]

Extraordinario como quedó la cortaplumas. Sería bueno que indicara que materiales usa para la limpieza y también para el pegado de las cachas. Gracias.

[@MRNVCDIY]

Good knife restoration

[@adaboy4z]

Dad bought a 56 Bellaire found an old tool box in trunk with a 1946 Boy Scout knife inside. I restored it to its luster years last month!!

[@clark57225]

That old Boy Scout is one of the nearly 700,000 people who have watched this video (by 1/21/20), and is reminiscing about his old knife and his classic Bel Air.

[@pedroojedam]

Gracias for the video señor odd tinkering.

[@tcs15]

Any tips on how to make something even less rustier after you've used vinegar? I have a metal utensil, and the vinegar removed almost all of the rust.

[@OddTinkering]

Not sure I understand? If there is some rust left you could try to sand it or use a wire brush like I often do after the rust remover.

[@tcs15]

@@OddTinkering Thanks!

[@gnolex86]

If you use vinegar, remember to neutralize it, otherwise your item may rust even more. You can use baking soda for this, it also removes some of the remaining rust.

[@tcs15]

@@gnolex86 Thanks, i have baking soda, i'll try it!

[@crawfish069]

Search for electrolysis to remove rust.

[@KincadeCeltoSlav]

Beautiful! Better IMO than it was when New!

[@Jumphouse2]

Is this guy a freaking genius or what?

[@charlesknight3204]

Well done!!! Extreme craftsmanship; great video!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 🤠

[@ghiblinerd6196]

Just curious, why harden and temper on an already “finished” blade? Is it because of the rust and corrosion?

[@jcstevegigs]

awesome - thanks for not adding the horrible music like other videos!!

[@hasannaci4883]

Great Job, I am little worries over time the glued veneer coming away from the edges since they weren't folded under. but I don't suppose it can be done without breaking. never the less great job.

[@tootall5559]

As someone that has attempted this before, I know it's harder than it seems. My advice on this one would have been not to try the wood veneer. Though you did a good job of getting it on there, the problem is it just won't hold up to normal use. Just won't, don't know why, seems no matter what glue you use, none is good enough to do the job for long. I've tried epoxy, super glue, and half a dozen other types, it just doesn't stay for very long once you start carrying and using the knife. I think that's why the original plastic pieces were bent over the edge, otherwise they wouldn't have stayed either, you see how easy they were to remove once you had it apart. looks great for now though.

[@vibeslide]

A very educating video, thank you. But what is the point of heat treating the blade again?

[@ElliottRhyz]

Sheffield is in south Yorkshire England. About 25miles from me. Back in the day, Sheffield was pretty much one of the biggest sources of steel etc so it would make sense :)

[@davidcox2264]

Great knife. Worth Alot more then an Euro.

[@kenolson3064]

Difficult to find blade not made in China these days. Definitely a worthy project.

[@EvaderGuy]

Very, very nice work. Inspiring.

[@Slaegar]

That looks like a large barlow knife. Amazing job as always.

[@markschwegler1100]

Very nice!! I didn't think the rubber bands were going to work but you pulled it off great... it should serve you well for years to come!

[@mikenonameneeded2073]

Knife turned out great. I had no doubt. I learn a lot from these videos. Thanks

[@kentcostello8099]

Our grandfather's would be proud to carry that knife good job and video keep it up 👍👍👍

[@jacobwood4411]

Just bought a sweet black odd tinkering teeshirt. Made my day to see them available.

[@carvinlambert6899]

Rescue & Restore... sure has SOLD a lot of Plastic Gloves!

[@OddTinkering]

Well to be honest, that's not really inspired by him. He's my friend and all but I've been getting comments about using gloves even before he started the channel

[@shanetrudell4061]

I found an old DE pocket knife in my drawer I wanna restore never have though so thanks for the video nice details compared to others.

[@paolomichielin4849]

Conosci bene il tuo lavoro! Bravo!

[@scott5106]

You definitely increased the value to a euro but the value is in the watching you do it... priceless!

[@PappyHolliday]

Great work. Take your time and do it right.

[@racoonricky5035]

Nice one turned out really good

[@Swino5]

Well done. You are a Master of your work.

[@duffysullivan2794]

At the end of the video I am thinking, yea but is it sharp? Then he comes up with this paper shaving demo... Ha! it was like he was reading my mind, lol.

[@GT_Racer347]

That turned out sweet 👍🏻

[@madscout1969]

Good job on the knife it looks great to me

[@McIntyreBible]

Im always amazed by this kind of skill!

[@bobfellows5758]

I was interested from start to finish. I think the knife came out well from the clean up and restoration. I wondered if the wood was crack, but it seemed to do OK. Very nice item.

[@Josey-nj7dn]

You're a beast dude..You did that.

[@Parawebb1]

Thank You. I just learned a few things from you on restoration an that's what KZbin is all about! Keep up the good work. JWW