In today’s post I am gonna show you how I restored a knife’s blade for under $2. For this you don’t need any power tools or expensive material. Basically, just sandpaper and some kind of polishing paste to get mirror finish.

Please keep in mind the key to successful old blade restoration is in sanding and that will take some time. For example, in my case I used approximately 5 hours for sanding.
Check out this old knife’s blade restoration video below!
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Sanding the blade

I started with 400 grit and realized I needed to go back to 120 grit because some of the markings were too deep for 400 grit. So, I did exactly that.

After 120 grit I used 240, then 400 again and after that 800 grit. I finished with 1200 grit sandpaper. I did all sanding dry, it was more convenient for me in this case but you can do wet sanding as well. So, just be sure your sandpaper is designed for wet sanding.

After sanding I passed a few times over the leather strap to finish the blade edge and furthermore I test the blade out.


Let me tell you, that was super sharp. I am very pleased with the result.
Polishing the old knife’s blade
The last thing is polishing the blade.

Be sure to mask your handle and apply polishing paste to your buffer wheel or cloth. Also you can do this manually or with hand cranked polisher. Either way works just fine.
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Let’s refresh the handle
The blade is looking great at this point but the handle is not so much. So, I decided to sand down the handle and apply a thin coat of teak oil.


To finish the handle I used homemade beeswax polish. As a result, the handle is smooth on touch and with shiny appearance.

Result after the old knife’s blade restoration

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Очень хочу себе финку,но у нас их не продают,не старые не новые:(
150 рублей?)
0:34 beispiellos
Great job beatiful video always ❤️
Hi Boris 😎
The blade looks really nice. Simple and beautiful. Nice job! 👏
I’d love to have a redhandled pukko one day.
Magnifique restauration
Could you show your leather strap in detail? Or is there already a video! Cheers
Great..!!!! I enjoy with your restore old knives videos, but I’m excited about future new videos restoring old tools. Thank you..!!!!
Good afternoon,
Mr. Boris,
I would like to thank you for the videos you publish, in addition to being nice they are very inspiring, showing how excellent can be achieved with some basically manual tools and the vision of how the pieces will be once finished.
It is like watching a jeweler make a custom piece.
Thank you and please go ahead.
This handel is great 👌What kind od wood it is ? Greetings ✌
Homemadehandle, I’d guess
Great restoration. Love the unique handle. your collection is growing. Keep up the good work.
Bonito trabajo que marca de cuchillo es saludos desde Guatemala ánimo
1:24 böse
This is a work of art my friend.
Nice Job Boris
Nice restoration! Cheers from Guatemala!
Great job! You have a lot of knives. I can’t seem to find many myself but I’ve got plenty of other bits to keep me busy. 👍🏻
That is nice!
Always like your projects Boris but I think the ones for knives are my favorite. I don’t have the skill to sharpen them tho. Ths!
Привет Друг!)))) Ты как всегда на высоте👍👍👍 Удачи тебе! 👌👌👌😉
Everything but the buffer – it rounds over the bevels on the blade and detracts from the lines of the knife
Cool…did you make that beeswax polish? Would be cool to learn
Kabza yapısı çok ilginç. Çok güzel oldu ellerine sağlık.
Slick shots and nice restoration👌
cool knife bro!!
very good job. i like how you improved the ability to sharpen knives.
👌👌👌!
what sort of knife is it, what sort of blade steel? it had an interesting looking insignia on the blade
интересный “бочонок”, наверное не тонет?
Good work.ATB.
This knife looks amazing before and after restoration! Please make a Video where you Show All the Tools an knifes you restored
Porque no te haces con una rueda de contacto para la herramienta de mano y los lijas mas rapido ya que puedes
The way I hit the like button only 2 seconds into the video 😅😂 Great job as always!
Привет мастер Борис 👋😊 ты провёл четкую и быструю работу замечательного ножа👍🔥 вся твоя коллекция ножей меня вдохновляет 👌🏽 с большим удовольствием посмотрел новый контент 🤝✌🏻🇷🇺
Beautiful knife, it came out great