First W&B restore

[pmaster]

Mandatory to anyone with RAD, I finally got my first W&B not long ago. Its almost full hollow, I'm surprised as I was expecting it to be closer to a wedge, and I hadn't seen many hollow W&B online. I removed most of the rust but left some traces of it. I actually like the look it gives on the shank/tang. However for the blade I would've prefered to whipe it away but since the blade is very thing I prefered not to push my luck.

The scales were actually broken at the pivot on one side, however there was still enough room left so I shortened them and kept the same ones. I'm still unsure, I may re-scale them in horn at some point, but for the moment I'm happy. Hopefully I'll find the time to hone it up later on and give it a try:



I did my first "stacked" pins on this one. I like the look. I'm having trouble getting a nice shiny look on the washers though...the pins are mirror-like but its hard to get the washers shined up with the cloth, i just goes over it. Any one has a special trick for this?

 

[pmaster]

Don't know if you can see it well but they missed the stamp on this one. It only shows "& Butcher" on it. At first I thought it was possibly worn away but it isn't likely given the spot at which the text should be.

 

[ANeat]

Very nice PM, Ive seen quite a few like yours that looked like the "stamping guy" and the "grinding guy" werent on the same page

Could have been re-ground at some time in the past as well, that might explain the full hollow

Nice that you could re-use the scales, good save...

 

[pmaster]

I honed it last night but with more or less success. Turns out it was really hard to get the blade sharp near the shoulder. I resorted to some rolling strokes which helped a bit, but I'll probably give it another try later, it passes hht nicely everywhere but there (about a 1/2 inch portion).

 

[Gamma]

Nice work! The washers will polish up on the buffer.if you use one.
Otherwise metal polish on a cloth should do it.

 

[tomjr]

nice

 

[pmaster]

Thanks...I will have to try it again at the hones asap, I'm really hoping to get a good shave from it. I'll try to get some pictures to show the grind later on, its surprisingly hollow.