Anyone know a good product for removing tarnish on brass? Also, what about Frontier?

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I was helping my dad move some things yesterday and he was looking through a box and found an old knife of his. He said I could have it, I said SURE! :) It had been stored in a leather sheath and the brass on each end of the handle seems to have tarnished a bit. Somewhat on the blade as well, but it mostly just looks like like black streaks while the brass has green on it of course. It's not really bad though.

It's a "Frontier" Double Eagle. It appears to be about a 3" locking folder. I like the wood handle, it's a nice rosewood. Does anyone know anything about these knives? The blade is stamped:

Frontier
(powder horn symbol)

and on the other side:

4515 U
IMPERIAL S
STAINLESS A

It opens and locks into place with an authoritative snap and appears to be good quality. I would say it's probably twenty years old or so... Is 4515 steel better than the 420 or whatever you generally see nowadays?

I'd like to polish it up, sharpen it (it's still sort of sharp) and use it as an apple knife or light duty box/letter/package opener. Any suggestions on products to remove the tarnish or info about the knife is appreciated. Thanks.
 
I use MetalGlo on my knives, it brings them up a treat. I think Flitz has the largest following here though.
 
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maximus otter
 
There is a product that comes in a little squeeze tube-
it is called WENOL

It is a pink paste, that I find works wonders. I use it on brass, nickel silver, and have also used it on blades.

People sell it on ebay.

I need to buy some more myself...
 
I'll say Flitz. I've been using it for years, and have yet to find anything that works better for polishing ANY metal. Takes rust off quite well, too.
 
Temper said:
I use MetalGlo on my knives, it brings them up a treat. I think Flitz has the largest following here though.
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I've used Metalglo also, and I have to say it's pretty impressive. I'm not sure Flitz works better, either.
 
When my wife and I went to clean our brass mail box hanging on the house nothing put a dent in it. We tried BEST metal polish, and SimiChrome: no affect and to get any affect at all required way too much elbow grease.

After going through our supply my neighbor saw what we were doing and said she had some stuff her mother gave her that was the best she had ever used. Sure enough I would have to concurr. Brought the shine back about as close to instantly as you could ask for.

Product? Hosley Copper and Brass polish in a powder form. You simply dampen a cloth with tap water and sprinkle on some powder to the damp cloth and rub the metal. Worked great. Better than any thing else we tried.

Comet for corning wear works good too but this stuff I mentioned by Hosley was great and effortless. It is kind of like Brasso in powder form but the powder seemed to work easier I think. Brasso is good too though but leaves a bit of a film that this Hosley product does not do.

The company is

Hosley Int'l Trading Corp.
20530 Stony Island Ave.
Lynwood, Illinois 60411
 
i'll second mothers metal polish--tryed em all and it's the best--usually pick mine up at the truck stops-- :eek: :) :eek:
 
Frontier was Imperial's expensive line made for them by Camillus. 4515U is the model, the steel might be 440a.
 
I haven't tried any of those pastes; just Brasso, and a powder called Red Bear. It is fantastic. It sounds similar to the powder that STR described: very, very fast (almost no elbow grease needed), and being water soluable, it leaves no greasy film, like petroleum based Brasso does. It is also clean to use, with none of that black mess all over things that Brasso produces.

I discovered it when I was a commercial fisherman (troller) back in the 70's. It's used to polish fishing spoons. It works so well, that it's the only brass/metal polish that I saw stocked at most commercial fishing supply shops.

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