I found my brothers old butterfly knife and is in really bad shape, the paint on the handle is chipped horribly, the blade is dull and very scratched. i’m not too worried about making the blade sharp, i would like to get the scratches out and fix the handle. any ideas?

It’s stainless steel
it’s just flaking paint. like, should i strip it all back and paint it? and what kind of paint?

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  By tinman97prn, August 30, 2010 @ 7:46 pm

  I would polish it out..rough stone to smooth stone to polishing paste.
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  By Celestial, August 30, 2010 @ 7:46 pm

  Is it steel from the ‘ Steel City ‘? If it is, it’ll be reyt good stuff!
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  By callipygenous, August 30, 2010 @ 7:46 pm

  Since it’s stainless steel, I’d try a rock tumbler. No muss, no fuss, just pick the right tumbling media.

  http://chemistry.about.com/od/geochemistry/a/bybrocktumbler.htm

  As far as "fixing" it, you will have to tell us what’s actually wrong with the handle. After cleaning up the knife, maybe you can get into geology? I mean…you’d have the tumbler…
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  By Bonno, August 30, 2010 @ 7:46 pm

  buffing wheel

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