Old Swedish Knife Restoration

I found and restored an old Swedish knife. When I received it, knife was in terrible condition, very rusty and wooden surface was damaged and cracked. At that moment I was not able to read the markings on the Swedish knife’s blade, but after removing the surface rust I red markings: KJ Mora Sweden.
Krång-Johan Eriksson was a founder of this brand in 1912 in Sweden and all knives produced by his brand have markings KJ Mora Sweden. Knife manufacturing was basic and in small quantities.
Original name for this knife is Morakniv (Mora kniv), ‘Mora’ is a place in Sweden where all knives are produced and ‘kniv’ means a knife.
I was not sure that this Swedish knife was that close to 100 years old, but after short researching, sure is. That was a nice surprise! Anyway, I started by disassembling the Swedish knife and removing rust from the knife’s blade. Then I used a Swedish file to remove outer layer from knife’s handle, pure coincidence! Sanding I left for later and jumped straight on hand crank grinder to grind the blade’s surface.
After that I started sanding the blade with several different sand paper grits. Starting with 120, then 240 and 400 and finishing with 1000 grit. At that point knife’s blade came out great. Then I came back to handle and started sanding with 120 grit and finished it with 240 grit.
Now fun part! I mixed the linseed oil and red paint and applied on the knife’s handle. Next was to glue together knife’s blade, cone and handle. That went smooth and I started masking the handle and prepare it for the polishing. To polish I used my hand crank grinder with polish wheel and polish paste on the wheel. To finish the knife, I applied a beeswax finish on the blade and the handle. It gave such a nice finish.
As a last step I sharpened the knife. For knife sharpening I used honing rod and peace of skin (leather). Immediately after I tested out the sharpness and that was impressive and scary! Then I compared Swedish knife before restoration and after the restoration.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Showing the Swedish knife before restoration
01:16 Started disassembling the Swedish knife - Morakniv
02:11 Removing rust from knife’s blade
02:54 Using Swedish file to remove surface layer from knife’s handle
00:34 Start using hand crank grinder to remove rust and paint on the old blade
05:14 Sanding Swedish knife’s blade and cone by hand with 120, 240, 400 and 1000 grit
06:00 Came back to knife’s wooden handle, started sanding by hand with 120 and 240 grit
06:33 Mixing linseed oil and red paint for the handle
06:58 Mixing glue to glue the Swedish knife’s blade and wooden handle
07:44 Masking the handle before polishing
08:13 Start polishing the Swedish knife - Mora knife
08:58 Applying beeswax on the knife’s blade and handle
09:05 Sharpening knife with honing rod and skin
09:19 Testing sharpness of the Swedish knife - Mora knife
09:37 Showing the Swedish knife before restoration
09:40 Showing the Swedish knife after restoration
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