Unconventional sgian dubhs

[Roan Carter]

Idunno if this counts as unconventional or not, but I'll share it since I havent' seen one like it anywher else.

A few years back when I was a freshman in college I met a girl from a mountain town some ways from here. Her dad was a kiltie, and one day after I visited her family for a while he presented me with this knife that he acquired in Scotland.

Well, that was some years ago and I've since lost the girl and kept the knife. Wether that was the right way to do it Idunno, but here it is.



On that note, I haven't touched this thing since the breakup. O_o How do I remove this rust?

[JRB]

On that note, I haven't touched this thing since the breakup. O_o How do I remove this rust?

Try a fine or ultra fine scotch brite pad. Use a little bit of sewing machine or gun oil for lubrication and scrub the blade along it's length. That will get the rust off and put a satin finish on the blade. You may see some dark staining or pitting if the rust is very bad but the scotch brite will make it will look better than it did. If you want a shinier finish, use several grits of fine grit wet/dry sand paper and the same oil. Start with, say, 600 grit and work your way up to 1000, 1500, 2000 and so on until you get the finish that you like. The sand paper is available at most auto supply and hardware stores. You can then do a final polish with Metal-Glo or a similar product. Just make sure you don't get oil or sanding slurry on the grip or it could stain. You may want to cover it with tape or something.

[djweso]

I've never seen one like that either. That's really nice.

[Raptor]

I've never seen one like that either. That's really nice.

That's one of the nicest I've seen in ages too. I'd love one, but absolutely refuse to copy it It has kicked off some ideas though!

(maybe a Rab Gordon and/or a Raptor).

Mate, I'm extremely honoured by that, but I'm not sure I'm worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Rab!