I find myself not skipping through your vids like I do most others. I just like hanging out and letting you make up words and shine some light on this hobby. You even made me open my Flitz paste I had laying around and OMG my bolsters are glam now. What you did to that old knife just makes me happy. Appreciation and love for a good old thing. Thanks.
I let out an audible "Oh Yeah!" when the blade snapped after you oiled it...the SNAP is BACK! That knife came out real nice. It's so rewarding bringing an old tool back to life. For rusty blade wells, I use a few drops of brake cleaner, and then scrub around in there with a Sandit stick. It's like a steel wool Q-Tip. You can get a pack of them (with 120/180 & 400/800 grit sticks) for under $20. Love your varied grit sanding block...that's some Richter genius right thurrr 😀
I find a little piece of 0000 steel wool and a popsicle stick (the end cut into a blunt point) useful to getting the inside blade channel of the knife clean. It is easy to rub the steel wool back and forth, for what it's worth.
The shields on Case Delrin knives were changed during 1974, removing the inner oval, and this knife has that shield. But if there are no “dots” under the U.S.A. on the tang stamp, it suggests 1965-69. I am guessing this is a late 70’s knife, Delrin shield, and the dots are hidden or nearly hidden under the pivot bolster. I have a couple of 70’s Delrin knives that have this condition. Variation in the stamping of the tang sometimes put the dots too close to the pivot and even hidden by the pivot.
It came out real good It will make you a nice little dropper. Someone mentioned using brake cleaner HA HA it reminded me of when I was a kid i was cleaning up an old Uncle Henry. I was so dumb! I soaked it down with Carburetor Cleaner one morning when I came back home from School and it had melted the Stagalon handles oh Good Lord A lesson earned is a lesson learned I reckon. So I never forgot it probably 55 yrs. ago Thanks Brother for sharing
Good looking small sepentine frame pen knife, pre 70, both blades operate on the single spring, a walk through my memories, nice to see the next generation on their traditional journey
Great video, i love the strop idea. I will have to locate someone of the sponge sandpaper. I have always had luck cleaning inside the liners with 0000 steel wool.
Is there a specific mineral oil and can you soak any knife ? Exactly what does that do. I have a few knifes I would like to clean up. Does the handle material matter?
This knife dates 1965 to 1969. Usa made knife makers put the country of origin on there knives starting 1965. Before that they were Case XX only that dates 1940 to 1964. The dot system began in 1970 it was a Case XX Usa ten dot.
I picked up two old Case knives one from about 1980 it’s stainless the other not dated yet but same era more or less both stockman’s one mediums one small they have lots of life left need cleaning
@@richterknives have you noticed that Case is putting the XX on the shield of certain knives. My new 6254 has an XX underneath the Case logo on the shield. My new 6344 does not. It is probably because they have different size shields with the 6254 being larger. Most of my knives are Old Timer or Uncle Henry knives. Case are or much higher quality then Old Timer knives.
The 6 will also denote brown delrin. The lack of an oval around the Case on the shield also suggests delrin. I suspect the dots are under the bolster. My guess is that this knife was made in the late 70s.
@@eric_in_florida It is personal preference. I'll grant you that. At the same time, most knife blades pre 1950 was made of high carbon steels. Patinas were just oxygen reacting with the carbon. Patinas helped protect against rust. I collect things. Knives, to me are a very undervalued item. I like vintage slip joints as investments.
