I was cleaning up the kitchen after two teenage girls and when I put a knife away I saw an old sod buster that I had forgotten about. It was my grandparents and I simply have not thought about it in years.

It is a Carl Schlieper marked Carl Schlieper Soligen Germany on one side and D.R.G.M. 1423923 on the other side. It look like this knife:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqR,!ooE+4VdrUifBQZ2+MRMZQ~~60_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqR,!n4FBWJ8zT()BQZ2+SEblw~~60_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F


I was thinking about buying a Case blue Sod Buster but I think this one will clean up okay, the wood is dry and the blade rusty but probably a pretty good blade. It still snaps open and closed nicely and the scales are tight.

Any suggestions on refinishing would be appreciated.

Last edited by RDW; 11/09/12.
Dave