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:
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.