Reviving a wee Cadet

[MultiMat]

I do like green SAKs & when it comes to Alox I really like the smaller versions , opposite to what I like with Cellidor SAKs  . Anyways Dennis sent me this intact & nicely worn green Alox Cadet. The action is great with good snap & lock BUT the poor old blade looks like it had a tussle with someone who was legally blind with a bad twitch. The attempt at sharpening was umm unsuccessful  .





The Cadet has been blessed with a blunt 'wave' grind + decretive scraping marks all over worse near the tip.

The other side is a partial 'wave' grind & less scratched. I wonder what people are thinking when the attack knife edges with bench grinders or worse 


I spent some time on my Sharpmaker's brown stones & got a partial edge. I was getting a bit bored working away on the Sharpmaker so I decided to have a break from edge surgery & took to polishing the blades's scratches out. I used some 140 grit sand paper than some 240 grit & finished with some 600 grit wet n dry.I then used some Super branded metal polishing paste it worked REALLY well. I just used a rag to hand polish & it came up quite nice.I have a Super brand rust eraser.I am really happy with both of their products  .



I think I got 80-90% of the scratches out , the worst part near the blade tip is still visible but much better than before.

I spent ages using the brown stones on my Sharpmaker & the edge still has a bit of a wave to it but I am happy to use it as is.Iam tempted to invest in some corse diamond stones for my Sharpmaker , the brown stones just take too long when you need to reestablish/rescue a edge. It is a shame the diamond stones are so expensive.


I love the look of worn Alox , I think I have found a new favourite for my pocket  .
Thanks again Dennis for sending me this nice fixer upper 

[meanx]

That's the first worn green alox I've seen and it looks great.

[GigaHz]

Somebody did a number on that one. The Apex with the 120 stone would fix that up pretty fast. The 120 stone is designed to do major changes.