I just decided I need an electroplating kit to rehab the grip on my 1930s German Fireman’s Dagger. The knife has a blade that edges toward short sword length and (apparently—I have not yet disassembled the grip) seems to have a rat tail. The grip is composed of two parts: an unknown metal alloy with two plastic scales pinned to it. The chrome plating is almost entirely worn away, so. . . silverplate!
Drilling out the pins and removing the grip is a trivial operation, but the electroplating. . . yeh, with the right equipment and supplies, also fairly simple. So. . .
After that? Yeh, small repairs to the steel sheath and to then reblue it. Fun, eh?
Back burner. I have too many other projects in line ahead of this. 😉