It will be sharpen by then (not by me though) but I’ll bring it. I have a couple more saws I plan to clean between now and then so Ill have 1 or 2 to play with in November.I think it cleaned up well. Pretty handle. You did good. Bring it with you in November!
Thanks Jeff. I did not use evapo-rust. I scraped rust off with a disposable blade (avoided etching); then used a maroon 3M pad with Wizards metal polish (avoided etching); then used a fine hand flex sand block (lightly on etching); and finished it all with wax.It looks pretty good but I'm an untrained eye. Did you try Evapo-rust or something else on the metal blade?
I think it cleaned up well. Pretty handle. You did good. Bring it with you in November!
Thanks. Evapo-rust is not an acid and it won't cause etching is my understanding of it.
My photographic skills dont help. I tried to same the etching as much as I could. Heres a better picture of the etching.Thanks guys. I misunderstood what he meant by the "etching" but he did say a few times that he "avoided etching". I zoomed in on his pictures and barely could see what I suppose was the "etching" but still can't read it as a Disston saw.
Indeed. Thanks for the pictureI see it a little bit now. It looks like the Disston logo in my second picture.
These look great.
This post is inspiring me to try and clean up my father in laws old hand saw. I believe it is a Disston as well.
Do you mind sharing your cleaning method on the handle and it's hardware?
@Chris C I got the perma blue today. I was doing some additional research and I cant believe there is no tutorial in youtube on how to use Perma Blue for bringing back the etcing on an old saw...Cold gun blue (Perma Blue) will bring out the etch... I've used the technique lots of times with decent success.
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@Chris C I got the perma blue today. I was doing some additional research and I cant believe there is no tutorial in youtube on how to use Perma Blue for bringing back the etcing on an old saw...