a simple and iconic blade type.

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Awesome job! That is probably one of the most desirable machetes out there. Collins is an amazing brand!!

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great job!!

You did a good job on this, glad to see your back.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John 😎

Nice job love these blades

Good to see you back!

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love the work you have done, when I restore long blade I use long shollow storage box, this cleans all the blade at the same time and it dont take to much to fill it

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Good tip 😊

nice job !!!

I think you made all the right decisions on it. And did a great job .love the handle on it. And I think it's awesome I love blades.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

It looks nice. Reminds me of when I restored my grandmothers C 1910 hatchet and gave it to my oldest daughter. My grandmother was named Lizzie, Elizabeth Tomlinson, not Borden so I called it the “Lizzie”. It was about as rough as that machete when I started and I made a leather mask for it, too.

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼

Looks great. Very interesting old piece of history

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

good work and great result

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Love it. Doesn't need a new sheath. These can be displayed together to great effect. Rivets look good. Nice handle. Subscribed.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 and welcome to the channel ☺️

I think it looks awesome I always love seeing a piece of military history restored back to its Glory Days and I like the pitted look on the blade let you know it's been through hard times and Lord knows what all it scene it would look great as a display piece I would buy that if I ever saw that for sale love that you recondition a leather sheath great job my friend you earned my subscribe

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and welcome to the channel 😊

You do such great work. Always glad to see a new video.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🌟🌟🌟🎄🎄🎄

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

GOOD JOB!

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I would absolutely love to find myself one of these machetes!

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼

Ok, forgot to include that the wood for the handle was hickory 😎

You demand to much from you , great job, don’t worry abt the line that only proof authenticity and I think 100 plus years is well deserved

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Looks to me that the electrolytes concentrated here and deeply "etched" the steel. Could counter it with deeper liquid or a simple aquarium air bubbler to keep the fluid moving and reduce concentration spots. Love your heart in wanting as true a restoration as possible and retaining the pins was testament to that. So much easier to drill them out!!!!!!

Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

@oneshotme

3 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit You're very welcome

Cool!

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

All the marks and oxidation holes gives personality to the blade. A blade with history

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does 😎

I believe the horizontal line was used as a ruler. Did you measure from tip to line? My grandfather used to mark his tools at certain measurements so he would have to stop working and measure.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

I havent, but i will when i get back out in the workshop!

I like to do what you just did. I enjoyed watching it. I envy you for finding an old item like that at a very low price. However, I could have made the mistake of grinding the edge sharp & it will lose its antique appearance. Good job!

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They certainly didn't know what they had!

Very good work. Like how you made the handle. I have a perfect handle screwdriver that needs new scales. But I have not got up the nerve to do them I don't have a band saw. And some of the tools I will figure it out sometime. Sorry you had the Evapo_rust problem. I have done the half then the other and no problem. But now I did find a longer pan. I know how that gets to you. I have monkey wrench that I really like and I cleaned it all up looking really good. I was going to try blueing it and it just quite working. No idea what happened. I have been all over it no luck. So I understand. Thanks

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

A good trick if you have some exposed metal is to wrap paper towels around the exposed section part and into the evaporust

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏼

nice job

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I just restored mine last year, think i messed up though my blade is way too shiny almost like a mirror

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thing is, it's yours, so if you want it shiny go for it🤗

I guess the line formed, because right at the surface of the Evaporust, the air provided enough oxygen to corrode the freshly derusted steel, the new rusty layer then was eaten away by the Evaporust, and so on. As others suggested, use a piece of capped drain pipe to get more depth. Still there may be future parts which can not be put in a reasonably sized container. It probably helps if you wrap the "dry" part with a shop towel and soak that, covering the area of the water line with something, shrink wrap, electrical tape, etc. might work also.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I will certainly be more aware of it now

Nice 💪, subscribed

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, welcome to the channel!

I have one. it's actually a short sword. mine is a little newer it had a bakelite (plastic ) black handle

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

Why not just use a pvc tube for longer items like this?

@InstrucTube

4 жыл бұрын

I use either a tube or a plastic tote, something you can lay it down in.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I will from now on

@ashefaels

4 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit I hope you didn't take my question as snide. I really love your work.

@SackMyCook

4 жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 20/20

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashefaels Absolutely not 😎, and glad you like my work 😉

Tengo un Collins desde hace más de 25 años y son muy buenos en su acero, exelente trabajo 👍

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@rodolfojimenez6988

2 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit por nada, hace UD un exelente trabajo, 👍 bendecido

I saw a tin of mink oil on your bench. Very smart. So many people use a wax or silicone product on leather to seal it. It does seal and keep moisture out. But it also prevents the leather from breathing. It will dry and crack. Leather is an animal skin and using mink oil to soften will also make it water proof. You are using ani all oil on animal skin. Will preserve it better. I have had a pair of leather hunting boots for thirty years. Oil them every year with mink oil. Same with a leather jacket and gloves. Still use them.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I used most of that can, it was soaking into the leather so fast , I got to a point where I figured it was good enough!!!!!!

3:57 Did anyone else expect to see a blue police box materialise on the bench?

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I know right! I almost put a text on there!!!!

You might make a PVC wide & long enough to put longer pieces in it, make sure you glue a cap on the bottom of it.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

I will next time for sure!

That line was noticeable but it ended up nice

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😌

Did you mention where you came across this? First thought is perhaps it was used by the Army Engineers that were in charge of the construction/maintenance of the Panama Canal when it was first built? Would be right for age and also the use of Spanish.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

I got very lucky and bought it off ebay for only .99 cents!

Yes, I found United States Engineering Department machetes.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks 😊

it seems to be a southamerican machete, for the words in spanish written on it. FINE STEEL, QUALITY

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome 😎

Só fez o cabo ??????

A very simple fix for all restorers is to use a 1-2-3 inch PVC pipe with a cap on one end. First, you can totally submerge the entire blade and you don't have to use a lot of evaporust. I've seen so many restorers that take a small piece and break out a 50 gallon jug of a chemical and pour a gallon into a container for a 3 inch pocket knife???

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

I will make sure projects are fully submerged from now now on, as to the volume used - it really doesn't matter because its reusable.

@lucianprescott8357

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the response and feedback. You do some beautiful work and I follow your technique and process closely. I believe in the old adage, "work smarter, not harder". If I think there is "another way" to do something I'll comment, not criticize. You've restored some items that initially I thought, there's no way that can be restored....but you always manage to prove me wrong. Keep it up!

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😎

Please share on here the information you find out

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I will

Great job! Can hardly see the line after you polished it off, if you ever do another long knife lay it flat in a pan - live & learn.

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😌 and definitely!

I have seen others putting kitchen towel over the parts that doesn't fit in and soaking with evapo rust and that stops line Mark's.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

If I had realized it would mark it, I certainly would have. And I contacted them, they didn't seem bothered - told me to "buff" it out with wire wool 🙄

@mikecorrell3853

3 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit I know this was 5months ago, however i'm just catching up! I ran into a similar line and it buffed out with steel wool. I had a difficult problem with the line on tools with teeth or mechanical parts, for that I used a hard plastic bristled drill attachment for cleaning wheels.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikecorrell3853 this wouldn't come out with sanding!

I've NEVER seen Evaporust do that before... I've seen people do what you did with blades and tools and such, half in half out, and it's never done that before. Most they got was a little bit of a color line that buffed right out. Weird. Ah well, either way, good job on that.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Everyone see how he put epoxy on all handle parts while he had the chance? That is how it is supposed to be done.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

it needs a new scabbard too.

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼

USED stands for US Engineering Department. It is the precursor to the US Army Corps of Engineers. It was probably left by a US Dough Boy after WWI.

Expeditionary Div.?

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

May well be?!?

Kind of disappointed you didn't use your magic eraser for the belt sander 🤣🤣🤣😇😇

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I did, but forgot to include the footage lol!!!

@Bratti_Texan

4 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit 😭😭 I will just have to go back and watch it in your previous video. No holding back!! Soooooo satisfying

The rain frogs are singing in the background

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

😎👍🏼

Idk if anyone is interested, but I just found another one of these. It reads No. 23 Legitimus Collins & Co.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Neat

I have a machete I bought in 1974 with a plastic grip. The blade is pretty rusty. The blade's edge was banged up as though someone had used it on something metal. Anyway, I wish I had a way to show you the condition it's in so you could advice me on how to clean it up. Thanks.

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Send me a picture to fixitrestoreit@yahoo.com

Nice conservative restoration to an interesting old piece that probably has quite a history. Thanks for sharing about the etching. Good work!

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This was very frustrating - watch with me to find out why!

@cablekcub8222

4 жыл бұрын

Fix it Restore it hi, Hope it hadn’t ruined your day. :)

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

It didnt 🤓

Sorry about the etching. Very disappointing for you, I’m sure! I was sort of expecting you to judiciously use some of the "Bondo" stuff to smooth out the "age etching " I’ve seen you use in the past. Is there a way to age new leather should you decide to make a replacement sheath? I will remain a very interested fan of your work. 👵🏻 😷 🥴 😁

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

No idea on the leather, but it is something I plan on looking into in the future!

Gue significa el número en el machete

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

ok

La funda se puede restaurar con unos cuantos líquidos para suavizarla y devolverle su flexibilidad 👍

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@rodolfojimenez6988

2 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit bendecido buenas noches 👍

👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

United States Energy Department?

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe 🤷🏻‍♂️

'Acero Fino Calidad' is 'Fine Quality Steel', in Spanish. Not U.S. issue, they use the 'flaming grenade' as their acceptance stamp. Probably a contract for a Spanish speaking country. Like to get a good look at the logo stamped on the ricasso - looks like a crown?

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is....

Vc fala demais

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

not in my newer videos

United States Equestrian Division?

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe 😎

I torch my handle to give the aged look an sand of it off

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏼

brief get some leather make a new sheath for it copy detail on leather only

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

That is something I plan on doing at some point

U.S.E.D. United States Engineer Dept is your answer.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

I think so too

U.S.E.D. Is the United States engineering department. Circa 1900

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

United States (Army) Engineering Department (circa 1900)

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I figured, very little information on it though

United States Expeditionary Detachment?

@FixitRestoreit

2 жыл бұрын

I looked into it and all I could find was that the marines had a expeditionary detachment 🤷🏻‍♂️

@paul1962uk

2 жыл бұрын

Lol it was only a guess!

1909 lol

@InstrucTube

4 жыл бұрын

I must be missing the joke. What's funny about the year?

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

🤷🏻‍♂️

U.S.E.D......United States Energy dept. perhaps.

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe so, there is very little information I could find

blablabla

@FixitRestoreit

4 жыл бұрын

Is that German?

Херь...

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Dont be so hard on yourself.....

@oldgrandfather2697

3 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit Трудности перевода?...

That is a ugly handle!!!!

@FixitRestoreit

3 жыл бұрын

Ok lol 🙄🥱

@luizoswaldoguimaraesnegrao3807

3 жыл бұрын

@@FixitRestoreit, i dont speak very well, let me see, very good qualit handle, but not very stetc!!!!!! 👍👍👍

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