Knife restoration

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

In digging through my "stuff" I came across a 4 blade pocket knife that had belonged to my grandfather. He may have brought it back from England when he was working for the LDS church in the late 19th century. It has embossed silver scales and is 3 1/8" long closed. Both sides are identical and have the word "STERLING" in very tiny letters on each one.

 

The blades are a 1 3/4"spear point with about 1/2 of the top sharpened as well as the fully sharpened bottom edge and a 1/2" screwdriver blade on one end. The other end has a

1 1/4" blade similar to the 1 3/4" blade described above and a 1 1/4" spear point with a fingernail file on both sides.

 

The knife is in fair shape but there is a lot of rust and discoloration on the blades.

 

Can anyone tell me of someone who can clean and restore this little knife? I'd like to get it in shape to return it to daily use, more as a novelty than as a real working knife.

 

I also have a brand new Marble's Safety folding fishing knife like one my dad used for fishing and hunting for years. I have the original but it is beyond repair. The new one cost me a whopping $19.95 plus shipping and has a flaw in the hold open mechanism. It isn't even a "mechanism", but a small piece of metal, riveted inside the handle shell, that prevents the blade from folding when the knife is open. This piece is too small and I can't see a way to remove it and replace it with another properly sized piece.

 

I'm told the blade is one of many originals that were sent to China to have an aluminum handle (no t nickel-plated brass like the originals) fitted to it.

 

I'd like to find someone who can remove and replace this little metal stop so I can use it in daily carry.

 

Thanks for any info anyone can give me.

[Alpo]

Try Bill Deshivs.

 

http://www.billdeshivs.com/bd/

 

Tell him Alpo sent you.

 

I need the commission.