Quote Originally Posted by threedogs View Post
Very nice make a nice display piece indeed. SanJia is Columbia river, that $400 raidops knife is made in Korea Picked up this early Companion stove from a mates fathers estate, knowing I would look after it. Have no reason to think it wouldn't work still holds pressure. I love this stuff. You should come out the back next time in manland I've heaps of stuff got a lot of those brass Primus burners. plenty of brass I even have a copper and brass water tank off a steam train that Ill get polished then powder coated clear
With just a polish the brass will stay shiny, if it dulls off you can touch it up with cotton wadding polish like Never dull or a quality billet metal polish like Peel or even Deep purple. All those products would have taken the thick patina off the torch like the little bit where the brand name was but i used the josco cut and polishing wheels on a bench grinder. I've got tons of other metal polishes that i've used to maintain the polished ally on the dish on the rims on my mazda lol so i can tell you whats good and whats not so i rekon with a bit of time and elbow grease that stove would come up a treat as well. What type of metal is it mate from ?? I've also got an old shoe iron that i got from my grandfather that i want to polish but don't know weather to leave it buffed with the cast pit marks in it or smoothen it out and give it a mirror finish lol

Looking at the logo in the pic that sanjia knife i got, your definitely right about the re branding thing, they probably do it to keep selling and making old designs that their more expensive brand doesn't use anymore. Same thing that tyre companies do with their popular molds

Quote Originally Posted by oncedisturbed View Post
Love that shape Alitis, do you have a link for it at all? Looks like a rebrand same as what the Survivor series does with their Colombia copies. Top job on the torch Sent from my iPhone using Motorculture mobile app
Thanks mate, most things that were made in the old days was meant to last so a bit of elbow grease and tlc brings them up to their former glory.

I was going to post the link earlier but John beat me to lol i rekon if you just search for hinting or survival knifes in ebay and start from the cheapest you'll find the same one cheaper then $7 or close to it lol