Finally I got my mail from Sweden with goodies - some lterally since my brother packed down Swedish food!
He also put down a flea market find for me - an E.A. Berg straight that looks quite old. And cheap. The handle seems to be bakelite but the blade confuses me. At first it looked like a faux frameback, but at a second look the blade and tang are one piece, it looks like cut from one thin piece, maybe 1,5 mm thick. Then the spine is another piece of thinner steel that is clamped on around the top of the blade - unfortunately I could not capture it on picture. I might make a new attempt tomorrow morning when the lights are better in the apartment.
The stamp on the tang says
"E.A. Berg
Eskilstuna
Sweden"
and on the blade is etched a shark with the words "skyddsmärke" below. You can see a very vague outline of the etching on one of the pics. Skyddsmärke would be the modern equivalent to protected trademark.
The scales are in good shape so I will want to try to restore this as it is without removing them first. The blade is also perfectly centered in the scales.
The blade is more dirty than rusty, and there seem to be no active rust on it. I am a bit worried of the steel because there are some blue discoloring towards the heel, as if ben put to a grinder and got warm, but I see no mark form the grinder so I hope it is still ok.
So question is:
1. Any tips on how to bring back bakelite scales to top condition?
2. Ideas on how to manage a restore without removing the scales and still touch up the blade? There might be some rusting around the pivot on the blade.
3. Anyone have info on this straight? Especially when it comes to the strange blade.
He also put down a flea market find for me - an E.A. Berg straight that looks quite old. And cheap. The handle seems to be bakelite but the blade confuses me. At first it looked like a faux frameback, but at a second look the blade and tang are one piece, it looks like cut from one thin piece, maybe 1,5 mm thick. Then the spine is another piece of thinner steel that is clamped on around the top of the blade - unfortunately I could not capture it on picture. I might make a new attempt tomorrow morning when the lights are better in the apartment.
The stamp on the tang says
"E.A. Berg
Eskilstuna
Sweden"
and on the blade is etched a shark with the words "skyddsmärke" below. You can see a very vague outline of the etching on one of the pics. Skyddsmärke would be the modern equivalent to protected trademark.
The scales are in good shape so I will want to try to restore this as it is without removing them first. The blade is also perfectly centered in the scales.
The blade is more dirty than rusty, and there seem to be no active rust on it. I am a bit worried of the steel because there are some blue discoloring towards the heel, as if ben put to a grinder and got warm, but I see no mark form the grinder so I hope it is still ok.
So question is:
1. Any tips on how to bring back bakelite scales to top condition?
2. Ideas on how to manage a restore without removing the scales and still touch up the blade? There might be some rusting around the pivot on the blade.
3. Anyone have info on this straight? Especially when it comes to the strange blade.
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