Helping Out a PAL: One Week Later

Using the brass tumbler is so easy. I've never cleaned anything with such a "hands off" technique. I turn on the tumbler when I get home from work, and I turn it off when I leave with Char in the morning. Here's some before and after shots of the pocket knife I bought at the thrift store.

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To be honest, I did use the grinder's wire brush to remove some of the heavy rust on the bottom.  The walnut shells weren't putting much of a dent in those areas.

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The rust on the blades is going to require some extra work. I'm going to use some steel wool. I'll begin with grade 0 and some oil, and work my through grades 00 and 000.  Then the tumbler will polish what's left.

I don't know what I'll do with my PAL when he's done, but life is about the journey, not the destination.