Rusty Swiss Army Knife Left To Rot...Knife Restoration!

I restore this extremely rusty Swiss Army knife left to rot. Neighbor kids first knife found years later.
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[@user-zd1sg6sl5y]

These knives are made from stainless steel. Apparently the knife was deliberately immersed in acid. Blades made of the best steel remained almost intact and corrosion appeared on the spacers.

[@aaronb485]

i noticed that.

[@Loran1972]

Je pense exactement la même chose; un couteau suisse ne rouille pas. Je pense qu'il y a supercherie et qu'un procédé chimique spécifique a été utilisé pour obtenir un tel niveau de corrosion !!!

[@khalsasikhpunjabda]

Is a fake

[@natsterjam]

100% agree!!! So many of these vids are set up and made to look worse with some inventive rust action. Nearly every single one is clearly fresh/new rust clearly induced! Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the restoration but find the fakery to be extremely dishonest and not required.

[@serphvarna4154]

Exactly

[@Eagle48]

How did those aluminum liners get rusty?

[@filouphilippe7680]

Lol ...and how stainless steel 1.4110 get rusted lol

[@Pongovideos]

It's fake

[@Eagle48]

@@Pongovideos Gee! Ya think so?!😏

[@Pongovideos]

@@Eagle48 yeah

[@rabbit6872]

How did aluminum, plastic, and stainless rust? Something isn’t right here.

[@xavieroudin2791]

😎 it's lmost like "2 weeks to flatten the curve..."

[@charcoalanderson8010]

​@@xavieroudin2791 ......... yeah, nothing like that at all. Take your Covid, science, and common sense-denying somewhere else.

[@bobbiroberts]

I was wondering the same thing...🤔

[@frakismaximus3052]

It's very sneaky

[@bastiaoemmiami]

The only explanation would be a "Chinese product".

[@NLSkooch]

I have run Victorinox Swiss army knives through the wash many times and they do not rust.

[@kdailey4315]

Pretty cool that it was left abandoned to rust with all items fanned out so you could see each one.

[@darrellwhite302]

Even the aluminum spacer plates seemed to rust as well.

[@Pongovideos]

Aluminum can't rust it only tarnishes

[@_keyless_]

How fake do you want this to be Him: yes

[@rvling]

how do we know if something like this real then

[@_keyless_]

@@rvling well yk there are alot of ways like if its blue-ish rust its fake second if its stainless steel rusting its fake there are alot of videos exposing this

[@user-yx2vf8fl1c]

Very very true lost the welding footage? That’s suspicious

[@user-yx2vf8fl1c]

Funny how the name on the blade is still there

[@bobbiroberts]

Dude... You left the iron on!!!😂😂

[@neohistoryfan1014]

I still have my dad's Swiss Army knives from the 90s. I'm planning on getting the XXL (all-in-one model). I always carry an SAK when I visit abandoned buildings.

[@jamesrichardson771]

How can this be so "Rusty" I always thought the Swiss' had the finest' steel in the world, not to mention stainless steel 🤔

[@lostandrestored]

From the manufacturer: Victorinox Knives are manufactured using Stainless Steel. Stainless Steel has a high resistance to corrosion. However, this does not mean it is resistant to rust or corrosion if not looked after properly. Regular cleaning and oiling are important for your Swiss Army Knife to function properly. I can email the owner of the knife and ask them how it got this rusty. What we can see is a lot of surface rust that points to neglect.

[@laurentdevaux5617]

​@@lostandrestoredEven if you leave it outside for a year, a genuine Swiss knife will NEVER rust. At worst, the plastic grips may decay, but nothing more.

[@matthewjones6010]

The liners are rusty as fuck. Please explain to me how aluminium gets rusty….? Obviously faked for this video.

[@filouphilippe7680]

It can not lol ...except if you paint it in rusty orange. That's why nobody has seen 1.4110 steel so rusty before this fake lol

[@terrygreene1395]

Aluminum doesn’t rust…..but it does oxidize I think and get a white powdery crust. So I think that is legit.

[@alexanderalbach468]

Victorinox has a lifetime guarantee. Complete restoration is not expensive either.

[@etherealbolweevil6268]

A few years I spotted one in a seawater rock pool. Fairly recently lost. Washing in clean water, several times. Bit of metal polish on a rag for the metalwork, and oil on the joints. Good as new.

[@masudaharris6435]

How do you get a stainless knife to rust like this?

[@wolfkremen]

I have seen one of these knives found in an excavation of a wet garbage dump. Stainless steel was intact.

[@user-js2sv6cz2n]

Victorinox = Victory + Inoxidant. How is rusted so badly?

[@williamdavidson3143]

Great job Jason, still have a original Swiss Army knife from the early 70’s in perfect condition since I was a kid

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

Yup👍🏼 I bought my own with my first pay... 1983 It's been in daily use ever since and has never let me down. (I worked on construction sites and was a truckie as well) I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world 😉

[@sterkriger2572]

Because they’re made of stainless steel and the one in the video was purposely ruined to make this

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

​@@user-ff4qz7iz6w It's a WORKCHAMP. Made by Victorinox in 1983. They were available with black or red grips. I've got the one with black grips, which I guess is rare. (Everyone wanted the "red one"... 😉)

[@luigiprovencher8888]

There's no way that's a real Swiss Army knife. They're made of Aluminum and Stainless steel and wouldn't rust like that.

[@nolanwebster1039]

That is neat. I saw someone else restore a Swiss army knife but they couldn't reinstall the red plastic handle scales, so they custom made some stag scales to replace them instead. It made it a beautiful knife.

[@jamcowl]

4:06 for ESL/non-native English speakers, the joke is that "weekend immune system" sounds like "weakened immune system" 😂

[@rahadianaryo5979]

"I said, it must be *my weakened immune system* here, baby...🤕"

[@rahadianaryo5979]

05:00 Time to *cleaning-off any leftover grime* here, baby...

[@jordidraws7723]

The other part of the joke is that he's saying he's immune to getting sick on weekends which is why he only gets sick on work days.

[@shrug53]

Did not know plastic could rust 🤣🤣🤣

[@CL-we8tn]

Nicely done

[@aaroncostello8812]

Fun Fact: Victorinox knives do NOT rust like this when you run them through the washing machine. In fact, I have never had one rust and I have carried and used them for 40 years. 😂😂

[@andreacadman4587]

Totally using that joke btw. And that turned out so clean. I still would never use the toothpick.

[@garymucher4082]

Nice. This is very odd. I found one today going through my 3 year deceased dad's cigar box and it is in pristine condition...

[@fireymkb1234]

It was stored in a different environment than this one anything can change depending on where it is

[@Dragon64646]

Victorinox are the best. Still made in Switzerland (Ibach) 🇨🇭If you treat them well, they can be used for decades. Sharpen from. time to time, but not too often.

[@spacepope87]

​@fireymkb1234 The plastic scales and aluminum spacers shouldn't have that rust. Also the steel is super stainless. There's not way it would rust like that unless if left under water for a decade.

[@jenniferhart559]

Ooh, haven't seen metal tweezers in a long time! (They tend to get misplaced)

[@Emdee5632]

You don't just discover an Swiss army knife during ironing after laundering a pair of trousers and you don't just happen to film the discovery... 🤔😐

[@georgejones3526]

Someday you should restore that baking sheet.

[@vinceianni4026]

Hello mister beautiful knife beautifully done

[@clifbradley]

Who doesn't remember getting one of these as a kid? My dad always had about 10 different multitools, pocketknives, swiss army knife, whatever. Then when I got older and statted working on yachts, most of us were issued a Leatherman, but sometimes you got a Swiss Army Knife like this and you needed it. The screw driver function and knife or serrated bkade especially. The scissors were useless as was the tweezers. The toothpick had many uses, especially for cleaning. The engineers got the really fancy ones with all sorts of Allen wrenches and screw drivers. Deck crew had the ones with an awl. That was super important for making lines.

[@jamesrichardson771]

Sounds like you' had a Great' dad, who really loved you !

[@balluderbaer2178]

Nice Work

[@ferd.6779]

That went out very well! l Like the vid's so continue ;-))

[@wderoker]

Hi. What brand is this? I’ve never seen a Victorinox rust like that, ever!! I hardly think that Stainless steel would rust this bad! Thank for the video.

[@brbapappa]

It said "Victorinon"

[@PGoodmanCOG]

I can only like this once, but know that you've made an old Boy Scout very happy with this one.

[@zou6492]

Another beatiful restoration 👍👏 Congratulations and Greetings from Belgium 😉🇧🇪👋

[@Loran1972]

Je ne comprends pas comment un couteau suisse en inox peut rouiller !!! là, il faudra m'expliquer !!! ... ou alors, peut-être, il faudrait tout simplement arrêter de nous prendre pour des cons !!

[@khoaptran]

No way, I have a 25 year old Swiss knife (previously daily use for about 5 years) that wound up just sitting in a box and it had built up mildly rusted blades, nowhere near bad looking as this one in the video. Well, when these 'stainless steel' blades rust, they are not just surface rust that you can wipe off. It is pitted into the blade and leaves craters in the blade after detailed cleanup. You'll have a scar face blade, not a perfectly smooth blade. This knife is staged.

[@michaelthomsen4919]

Agreed. I have had several of those knives and they could never ever end up like this one ... even the aluminium is rusty on this one. Fake.

[@alvarojavier9995]

Quedó linda nuevamente la cortaplumas suiza. Por lo menos unos seis años mas para seguir usandola

[@gerardopolvillo5999]

Hola buenas tardes bonito trabajo saludos

[@augustopagliuso1149]

Nice! About the plastic sides, you can also make wet sand (2500 grid) and buffing, be perfect like new.

[@1621billw]

You did a really nice job! The only thing I might have done different would be to put new scales on the knife, or at least polished the old ones to a high gloss.

[@filouphilippe7680]

Have you ever seen a victorinox blade made from stainless steel 1.4110 ? No .. Because this don't happen ! ( and inside the separation are mode from aluminium lol ...who don't rust , but in this video the aluminium parts are orange rusted to ...lol)

[@umaramin8445]

I was thinking about the same

[@pfcparis]

I used to have a knife just like this one when I was a kid. No idea where it is now.

[@ganikudul674]

Amazing bro😁👍👍👍👍👍

[@dizawnofwizar]

legend says that iron is still burning through his pants to this day

[@lalons8103]

pensé que todas eran acero inoxidable

[@MISinforms]

Rust looks fake

[@lawrenceforman6999]

Swiss Knives are very well popular knife 🔪 in the world. Militaries, campers, collectors and general issues are using Swiss Knives for personal use forever!!! Please visit Switzerland 🇨🇭 to look at Swiss Knife museum, shops and factories. See ya next project! 😊

[@fritznyffenegger3787]

But this is not an army knife and they NEVER get rusty!

[@subramanianiyer2731]

Nice job brother. Like from Mumbai, India.

[@KARAMBA.5111]

Да он из нержавейки. И где ржавые пятна на джинсах?

[@darrellwhite302]

The next video will be a Delorean with rusted covered body panels. Just wait, someone will do it.

[@PocketKnivesBlog]

What are the secret cleaners used? I didn't see them or see them mentioned....

[@john_barnett]

toothpick one looks like Fast Orange hand cleaner

[@serg_goryachev]

Это ав чём стирали джинсы, что довели Викторинокс до такого состояния? Одно могу сказать - джинсы просто класс!

[@78nailbomb]

I have a Victorianox multi tool as my work key chain for the past 15 years. It takes a whole damn lot to get it to that condition. 😅

[@malicant123]

I suspect strongly that this knife was deliberately damaged. However, the restoration was entertaining.

[@Polarbear2829]

Something fishy going on here. I mean its swiss army and they always use the best stainless steels.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

05:25 "Victorinon's *Swiss-made Stainless Steel Knife* 🔪"

[@john_barnett]

@@rahadianaryo5979 you can make it rust if you use acid

[@laurentdevaux5617]

Either this knife is counterfeit, either this knife has been manipulated I don't know how, but this so-called restoration is a joke. A genuine Swiss army knife is ALWAYS made of stainless steel, so it can't rust !

[@fireymkb1234]

Just because it’s stainless steel does not mean it can’t rust

[@laurentdevaux5617]

@@fireymkb1234 Really ? I have four Swiss army knives, some of them are more than ten years old, I use them everyday, even outside. None of them never had the smallest spot of rust. Stainless steel indeed can rust, but not in normal conditions of use, and in particular these knives, made with very high quality steel. Only salt and some acids can make stainless steel rust, but pitted like this one, it's clear that the guy soaked it in some kind of acid and did it on purpose. Stupid !

[@JavierEscuella1911]

@@fireymkb1234I’ve left a Swiss Army knife out in the rain for weeks, and the only thing I saw was a small piece of rust on the blade that I wiped with my shirt.

[@oneshotme]

I sure hope you re heat treated that spring you wielded back together because if you didn't it'll surely break again at some point!!!! It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@mskayla7747]

The rustier the start, the nicer the end result. 👍

[@Chevelle_addict]

The aluminum is ate up, as well as the rusted stainless. I call BS

[@DaBeppo]

I never see a rusty Victorinox.

[@miketracy1064]

Oops, what about the Iron you left on the pants.?😮

[@19Bmiller]

As always well done

[@victor8ell192]

What solution did you use to remove the rust?

[@lorrainemclay3343]

Brilliant work 👏👏 Thanks so much for sharing your talents 👏🌈😀👏👏👏

[@grandpaweber2097]

I would almost bet this knife spent several years in an open container out on the porch or deck, lost. "Where did I leave my Swiss Army knife?" I've seen plenty of tools end up this way...the container is always half full of rain water. Ask me how I know :(.

[@john_barnett]

I still have trouble believing that it rusted like that naturally...

[@elainedeoliveirasouza-bf3sl]

Bom ! O importante é a restauração né ❤

[@bhhb-wb2qc]

Это в стиральной машине, он так заржавел? Лет 100 назад?

[@kevinbutler1114]

I had a Swiss army knife just like this as a kid. It's cool to see one get restored so well.

[@Hariec88]

Молодец, нержавейку состарил 😂😂😂😂😂

[@geraldstamour1312]

Dope AF job, Lost & Restored!

[@stujo718]

👍.

[@PapousWebNode]

I had many of Victorinox/Wenger knives. It could never get so rusty. This video is definitely fake.

[@criomat]

I agree. Stainless steel can't get rusty.

[@raziel3726]

Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍

[@thisolesignguy2733]

That knife had to have been left out for years to rust like that. Victorinox has used high carbon stainless steel in all of their swiss army knives since 1921. The only way it would rust like that is if it was left in a very damp place for several years or was purposely rusted. But from the breaks and damage on the handles, I would bet it was left out in a field...or like most of them it ends up amongst a wood pile.. not sure how that happens, but every swiss army knife I've ever found was in wood piles. another Murphy's law I guess lol

[@jeanmarcguiriato6915]

Comment est ce possible faire rouiller un couteau en inox ?

[@jensw.8205]

Victorinox repariert auch die Taschenmesser. Die Alu Zwischenlagern werden dann erneuert und am Ende wird alles noch schön poliert. Aber trotzdem ein gutes Video. Nur die Nieten mit einem Bohrer durch bohren, damit die hülsen ganz bleiben.

[@zembalu]

So, you found a swiss knife made of stainless steel completely rusted after one washing with all the tools extended in your jeans. Are you kidding?

[@nejamediarobertreich5125]

Some say that this man immediately got a job in a factory in Switzerland :D

[@russellwortham2902]

Very cool! I’m glad you got the opportunity to restore it

[@tadcooper9733]

He's the one who ruined it....

[@mikereader8166]

That’s an old one. 80’s is my guess. You can tell by the cylindrical Phillips bit.

[@alimetin7360]

En son kabzenin içine koyduğu pamuk gib şey nedir? Neden koydu?

[@dennisbrandt3597]

Seit wann rosten diese Messer?

[@johnbroussard3666]

Looks like this fakeo got called out by the audience. Was going to point out that Victorinox SAK's are made from 420J2 steel. A steel that is known in the industry for it's resistance to corrosion. It would take an elaborate mixture of rust inducing chemicals to produce that much scale. As others have mentioned, the lack of deep pitting and damage to the steel is also telling.

[@sky__mannn6281]

Интересно как пластик проржавел

[@ministryoftruth8588]

Looks like a job for Evaporust.

[@user-us1he5sp1y]

Это же надо так забить на викс😮

[@jamesc7277]

How does a stainless steel knife rust?

[@allffl3793]

Ma da dove lo hai pescato, il vitorinox è in acciaio inox dei migliori!

[@RIPPER334]

Holy fake restoration Batman...

[@quocthanhtran5199]

“It’s perfect”

[@serphvarna4154]

Its impossible for victorinox steel to rust like this normally, this knife has obviously been setup to be in that state, probably using chemicals. Also notice how all the rust is only superficial meaning the rust is recent, no rust in the moving joints either

[@jardablazek1]

Jako vždy LUXUSNÍ práce 👍💯👍 je dobrý že to umíš dát zpátky dohromady 😉😀❤

[@Abidogge127]

i have seen you in another video

[@hnobro7210]

To get this look you have to put in saltwater or acid.

[@89schofe]

I've seen blades pulled out of pocket knives from the turn of the century that are in better shape than this 😂 nice try but definitely chemically oxidised

[@bobbymeadows9373]

Great restoration

[@galootlovestools]

There’s suspicious lack of pitting on those heavily ‘rusted’ stainless steel blades. In the end, they polished up like they were new. Rust doesn’t come from nowhere. It comes from oxidation of the underlying metal. With moderate to heavy rusting you will always get some pitting and loss of the underlying steel.

[@spacelordvking8000]

For those who asking how a stainless steel like this rusts : Even the most stainless steels are rust when they contact sea water or acid guys .

[@spacelordvking8000]

Cost of restoration 200€ . Cost of the excact pocket knife 25€ . Good job though 👍

[@CL-we8tn]

(4:07) 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ivannovakovic7718]

Taj nož, ako je originalan, ne može da korozira.

[@ahmedsalama2103]

Amazing restoration, all respect, well done , greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tsunotaro_getsit]

I have that one left by my dead uncle its not as horrible condition as that one tho still clean