Sigge's Tuck Cutter Restoration

[Sigge]

Yesterday my cutter finally arrived.

It was rusty and dirty so I did a little renovation. I tried to maintain the patina as well as I could.




Starting point.



Disassembled the cutter and cleaned the parts with steel brush.



Light sanding, light pencil to the markings and treatment with linseed oil varnish.



Sharpened the blades. I changed the sharpening angle from about 70 degs to about 30 degs. I did it with dremel because of the curvature of blades.



I also replaced the broken recoil spring and greased the axle. Works like a dream now. Hex blade was inserted wrong way when the cutter arrived. I turned it and it cuts perfectly now.



Fully assembled. I'm pretty pleased with result.

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[Knucklehead]

You did a great job. I appreciate the way you preserved the patina, rather than to over restore a nice piece. Perfect!

 

[waikikigun]

Wow! That is really great.

 

[TigerTom]

I almost bought that one. I'm glad someone got it who could do a proper restore. I'm fairly sure I would have ruined it.

Nice work!

 

[deluxestogie]

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Bob

 

[jclif43]

That’s a functional work of art now. Nice job.