Any ideas on how to clean this wood?

[Steve_Karl]

Hi there,
I was given an old Buck 110 and it's pretty dirty.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to clean this wood - lift all the gunk and grime out of it without causing any real damage?

Thank you!

 

[BigSteve22]

Murphy's Oil Soap.

 

[Steve_Karl]

Thanks BigSteve. I hadn't thought of that.
Oh ... and an update. The wood is macassar ebony.

 

[Steve_Karl]

Update:
The light bulb turned on ... and I treated it like a really dirty fretboard.
Naphtha then Formby's Lemon Oil and it's ok now.

 

[mayfly]

Got an after pic for us? 

 

[Steve_Karl]

Yea. So far just naphtha, Formby's, and then a gentle wipe down with isporopyl alcohol a few hours later after scraping all the gunk out of the insides.
Stepping gently ... don't want to loose any of it's character.
Right now it's good enough for me to carry in the woods, so not sure if I'll do any more than put a good edge on the blade.

 

[swarfrat]

My brother had that knife when we were kids. I wish I could find my old sabre. It was one of those itty bitty tiny general store display case pocket knives. And I bought it for $2 with my own money when I was younger that what I would let my son have a knife. (And I still have all my fingers.)

 

[Steve_Karl]

My brother had that knife when we were kids. I wish I could find my old sabre. It was one of those itty bitty tiny general store display case pocket knives. And I bought it for $2 with my own money when I was younger that what I would let my son have a knife. (And I still have all my fingers.)

I lost the three I had when I was young. The only one that I still have from my youth is a single blade folder that was part of the Boy Scout mess kit.
There was a knife, a fork and spoon. The fork and spoon are gone but the knife is still great. I use it for a letter opener and occasionally gardening tasks.

 

[BigSteve22]

I lost the three I had when I was young. The only one that I still have from my youth is a single blade folder that was part of the Boy Scout mess kit.
There was a knife, a fork and spoon. The fork and spoon are gone but the knife is still great. I use it for a letter opener and occasionally gardening tasks.

Looks like one of the Imperial knives made in Ireland after they were picked up by Schrade. They're now made in China by a different company entirely. The old Imperials are great knives!

 

[Steve_Karl]

Stainless Imperial Prov. USA
not sure what the Prov. means but this is from the early '60s.

 

[swarfrat]

Pretty sure my Sabre was the smallest one made, two blades. I think at the time frame probably made in Japan (mid 70's).  Dang now I miss it.

 

[Steve_Karl]

Pretty sure my Sabre was the smallest one made, two blades. I think at the time frame probably made in Japan (mid 70's).  Dang now I miss it.

Maybe look on eBay. You might find a suitable replacement.

 

[swarfrat]

Thanks to your post, I was able to reconnect with a childhood memory. I'd still wish I had the exact knife, but I haven't seen it in 35-40 years. It's probably at my mom's house someplace.  But I did find the exact model, and it only cost me $12.  I don't plan to start collecting, I just wanted an old friend back.

 

[Steve_Karl]

Great find and great price also!

 

[swarfrat]

I paid $2 at the local general store in 1976. Of my own money no less! Now of course I wonder if that was even the actual price, or the price for your friend's kid who's paying with his own money.

 

[Steve_Karl]

I paid $2 at the local general store in 1976. Of my own money no less! Now of course I wonder if that was even the actual price, or the price for your friend's kid who's paying with his own money.

Very cool ... but ya know I've read this part below many times and I can't make sense of it.
Can you say it in an other way so I can get some perspective? Thanks!

"or the price for your friend's kid who's paying with his own money."

 

[swarfrat]

I remember paying $2 for it. But I've wondered if the real price wasn't higher, and they let me have it for that because I was an excited kid paying for his first pocket knife out of his own allowance.

 

[Steve_Karl]

I remember paying $2 for it. But I've wondered if the real price wasn't higher, and they let me have it for that because I was an excited kid paying for his first pocket knife out of his own allowance.

Thank you!

 

[DangerousR6]

Scotch brite does wonders, especially on those brass bolsters. And it's minimally invasive in the finer grits, also steel wool... :icon_thumright: