Aragorn's elven knife
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:26 pm
Hi all, firstly, thankyou to all who replied to my thread about the Roman Siege, I have ordered a High Elven War Sword from them and it should be here in the UK in a week 
. Now onto my main topic. recently I went home after being away at university for a few months and to my horror, I found that the brass handle on my Aragorn hunting knife has started to corrode, small green/black dots/patches everywhere. As I e xp ected and to my dismay, when I used Brasso to clean it up, the brass plating came away in a few patches! AAAAAA!!
I started to look on the bay and other shops to see if I could find a replacement. When I realised how much they are going for now (3 x what I paid for mine) I knew I couldn't afford it, so I researched brass plating. After days of looking , I realised it was highly unlikely I was going to get it fixed in the UK. What I did find was a company who sell kits called Plug'n'plate, which are supposedly perfect for small amateur projects. I thought I'd give it a try and ordered one. I've just finished using it, and it's even better than I could have hoped! no evidence of any marks ever being there, and I went over the whole thing a few times to build up a thicker layer, to prevent it happening again so easily. Just something to bear in mind if anyone else has a similar problem (I've spent the evening plating anything in sight, my uni flatmate wasn't happy with his brass cutlery)
. Now onto my main topic. recently I went home after being away at university for a few months and to my horror, I found that the brass handle on my Aragorn hunting knife has started to corrode, small green/black dots/patches everywhere. As I e xp ected and to my dismay, when I used Brasso to clean it up, the brass plating came away in a few patches! AAAAAA!!I started to look on the bay and other shops to see if I could find a replacement. When I realised how much they are going for now (3 x what I paid for mine) I knew I couldn't afford it, so I researched brass plating. After days of looking , I realised it was highly unlikely I was going to get it fixed in the UK. What I did find was a company who sell kits called Plug'n'plate, which are supposedly perfect for small amateur projects. I thought I'd give it a try and ordered one. I've just finished using it, and it's even better than I could have hoped! no evidence of any marks ever being there, and I went over the whole thing a few times to build up a thicker layer, to prevent it happening again so easily. Just something to bear in mind if anyone else has a similar problem (I've spent the evening plating anything in sight, my uni flatmate wasn't happy with his brass cutlery)