Old Swiss knife stamp is fading.

[T.J. Hooker]

Hi

I got a old Swiss knife. The Victoria on the back of the main blade and the Swiss made on the can opener is fading away.

Can I fix this? I was wondering if the key makers in the mail can fix it or might ruin it?

Also its small blade tip is broken. How would I fix that?

Pictures.

There is also a bit of glue on the Vic logo. How would I go about removing that with out damaging the scales/logo?

[ICanFixThat]

Messing with the maker's marks would be an absolute no no. 

[jazzbass]

It's not fading. It just wasn't stamped very deep originally and when polished some of it wore away. I have old knives NIB that look like this. This knife is from the late 1940s - made when Victorinox was very much a manual labor kind of place. This kind of thing is normal.

Regarding the pen blade, the only real option to fix is the re-profile slightly. If you don't want to do it, and decent knife shop can for you.

[T.J. Hooker]

I'm trying to make it look new.

The swiss made writing is almost gone!

[ironraven]

Don't try too hard- lost of old guns and knifes have been made into scrap metal  by people trying to "restore" them.

[T.J. Hooker]

If you don't want to do it, and decent knife shop can for you.

The shoe fixer/key maker in the malls should be about to do it? Would they be able to make it look like it was a factory edge?

There is nothing I can do to make the swiss made logo come back to life?

How would I remove a small bit of glue on the scales?

How would I remove small dents and polish the scales?

Thanks for the help.

[Sparky415]

personally I wouldn't trust the key guys, 

As this knife is not 'mint' I would buy a Lansky sharpening system and do the blade myself (practice on some other knives first)

This might help with your cleaning/polishing 

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,33061.msg540203.html#msg540203

[T.J. Hooker]

I got a can of Brasso. On the can it says for metals.

I assume it won't hurt the plastic scales?

[Sparky415]

Yes Brasso will work  try it by hand on a cloth, a dremel can sometimes 'dig' a hole

 

[T.J. Hooker]

 
I'm not sure but the Brasso seems to strip the plastic a bit and not add much shine.

I'm using a bit of old rag.

I might see what the local hardware shop got.

[Sparky415]

Um  I have just tried it on some random scales that were lying around here

 



Car polish works (called T-cut here) 
Polishing compound works (if you are going to use it on a 'mop' be very gentle    )
You can try tooth paste, I'm told it works 

[T.J. Hooker]

I think I was expecting better results.

When you put the brasso on to a cloth does little yellow ball things(very small) appears on the cloth?
The can has been in the cupboard for years.

[GigaHz]

If the scales are real bad, you will have to start with sand paper. Then keep going up in grit until the polish can work.

[Sparky415]

My brasso is approx 27 years old  I have dropped a metal nut in the tin so it mixes it up a bit when I shake it   

Do you have anymore pictures of the scales please

[Jmora]

definitely avoid the key guys in the mall, the only person you can trust sharpening a knife is yourself, that is, once you have got yourself a sharpening kit and practiced a lot on some old knives.

[T.J. Hooker]

My brasso is approx 27 years old  I have dropped a metal nut in the tin so it mixes it up a bit when I shake it   

Do you have anymore pictures of the scales please

Didn't realise you posted(forgot about this thread ).

Any way if you want to see the scales I added a pic.

Good idea on the brasso. I think mine is only ten years old and made in spain

Its a lovely knife.

[Sparky415]

I wouldn't use anything stronger than brasso as I think they look great how they are, as said above you might ruin how they look with too much polishing 

I don't know what tools you have available but I would re-profile the blade like this (you can use an oil stone) and then sharpen the blade