I'll start by saying: as usual I started working on this because I got bored and just picked it up when there wasn't anything good on tv.....so I have no "before pictures" 
But it's a 4/8" Bowdins Wedge that originally had a square point with about an 1/8" nick out of the toe of the blade and a fair amount of corrosion.
I decided to leave this one a bit weathered looking instead of taking it all down to bare, shiny metal. All hand sanded: 400, 600, 1000
To fix the tip I was going to just take off the rest of the tip and keep it a square point cut to where it broke, but I decided to try giving it a nice little curve instead. I'm trying to decide if I like it subtle like this, or if I should round it out some more....opinions welcome
A scanner image to show the shape, but makes the scratches and coloring look WAY worse than they are:
The real look of the blade is more like this, a very satin finish:
And a better shot of the tip, I made the curve just by holding some sandpaper to a small glass bottle I had nearby, then smoothed it into the spine as evenly as I could while keeping it on a hard surface to avoid rounding the edges too much:
there's just a couple edges at the tip that need minor touch up once I decide if I'm happy with the shape (like pic #2 you can see I hit it at an angle just above the center of the end). Next step is scales of course, but maybe also a decent light box and a better camera lol
oh, and if anyone has any info on the blade, I'd love to hear it. I've seen a couple of these around and the logos always look a little different, can it be dated by that?
But it's a 4/8" Bowdins Wedge that originally had a square point with about an 1/8" nick out of the toe of the blade and a fair amount of corrosion.
I decided to leave this one a bit weathered looking instead of taking it all down to bare, shiny metal. All hand sanded: 400, 600, 1000
To fix the tip I was going to just take off the rest of the tip and keep it a square point cut to where it broke, but I decided to try giving it a nice little curve instead. I'm trying to decide if I like it subtle like this, or if I should round it out some more....opinions welcome
A scanner image to show the shape, but makes the scratches and coloring look WAY worse than they are:
The real look of the blade is more like this, a very satin finish:
And a better shot of the tip, I made the curve just by holding some sandpaper to a small glass bottle I had nearby, then smoothed it into the spine as evenly as I could while keeping it on a hard surface to avoid rounding the edges too much:
there's just a couple edges at the tip that need minor touch up once I decide if I'm happy with the shape (like pic #2 you can see I hit it at an angle just above the center of the end). Next step is scales of course, but maybe also a decent light box and a better camera lol
oh, and if anyone has any info on the blade, I'd love to hear it. I've seen a couple of these around and the logos always look a little different, can it be dated by that?
