My Anton Wingen Jr hunting knife

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sofasurfer

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Never had a nice knife before. Saw this at auction and bought it for $18. Is it worth even a couple dollars more than that? I'm told it is "just" a good knife, never a collectable. 6 inch blade, 10 inch over all. Anton Wingen Jr, Othello, Solingen, Germany. It has a slightly loose handle that has a split nut, so I can tighten it. The handle is dirty or patinaed. The blade is glossy smooth and has a sharp edge. No nicks or pitting. Since it is a "user", I want to make it look better. What is the handle made of, and how do I clean it? Is there a special process to shine the blade up to original or should I just polish it with maybe 2000 grit paper and wheel it out.
Don't laugh, its my first decent knife and I no nothing about how to care for them.










 
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Sorry all you people looked and saw no pictures. It took me a while to figure out how to upload them. But here they are...in the 1st post.
 
I have a very similar knife, stag handle, not in as good of shape.
Do you know anything else about your blade?, is the only one I've seen which matches mine on makers Mark and plastic exactly.
 
sofasurfer said:
1. Never had a nice knife before. Saw this at auction and bought it for $18. Is it worth even a couple dollars more than that?

2. I'm told it is "just" a good knife, never a collectable. 6 inch blade, 10 inch over all. Anton Wingen Jr, Othello, Solingen, Germany.

3. It has a slightly loose handle that has a split nut, so I can tighten it. The handle is dirty or patinaed. The blade is glossy smooth and has a sharp edge. No nicks or pitting. Since it is a "user", I want to make it look better. What is the handle made of, and how do I clean it?

4. Is there a special process to shine the blade up to original or should I just polish it with maybe 2000 grit paper and wheel it out.
Don't laugh, its my first decent knife and I no nothing about how to care for them.
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Hi, here are my thoughts!

!. It's a good knife to begin with, but You have to upgrade Your membership if You ask about values.
The heat-treatment is good, but soft (around HRC 55-56).This makes it easy to sharpen.
Avoid prying as the blade will bend fairly easy. The good thing is the blades seldom snap off.

2. Old Solingen knives are collectable among Solingen collectors, but at low levels.

3. Be careful with the pommelnut and make sure to loose it without twisting off the threaded tang!
If the nut is hard to open, let it sit in rustoil for some time. If that doesn't help, it's better to cut out the spacers and slide the pommel down the tang away from the nut.
Then it's easier to carefully open the nut. The spacers can easily be replaced with new ones.

Another way of tightening the handle with a stuck pommelnut, is to use thin fishingline in the gaps.
Just fill the gap with laps of Fireline and tighten. secure with superglue and trim off the excess line.

The handle looks to be Stag, the Germans often use antler from Red Deer.
Clean it with soap & water and rub in some boiled linseedoil with Your fingertip.
If necessary polish to a high gloss.

4. Polish the blade with Flits/Chromepolish on a leatherhone with hardbacking.
Avoid powertools as this can easily ruin the heat-treatment.

Hope this helps and enjoy the knife!

Regards
Mikael

Edit to add:
Didn't noticed this thread was from 2014!
 
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