I picked this one up because it looked clean, I liked its age, and I liked the horn scales with the etched branding. I wish I had taken my own pics when I got it but I started taking it apart too quickly to be bothered with pics. These are a couple of the auction pics.
The pin at the pivot had already been snipped off on one side so I figured tapping the pin out from that side would be straightforward and simple. I was wrong. I should have headed to the drill press to drill out the end of that headless pin because I believe it had been re-peened just enough to not want to fit through the scale holes. In taking them apart I snapped one scale in two...sickening. An otherwise perfect set of old horn scales ruined. I should have taken pics but I was sickened by my lack of forethought and patience.
Luckily it snapped in a way that allowed the layers of horn to slide together and interlock with CA glue. It looks like crap but is more than structurally sound. Of course, the one that snapped is the more "honey" colored scale making the repair even more obvious. I suppose it's good that the scale with the etching wasn't the one broken though. I gave the scales a quick sanding and some mineral oil treatment to get them looking fresh again and turned my attention to the blade.
There was really only a bit of active rust on the tail and the tang so just some gentle work with worn out 220 and 320 paper followed by #0000 steel wool and Mother's metal polish cleaned up an otherwise already pretty clean blade. I could have been more aggressive and gone for a full polish but I didn't want to lose the blade etching.
Now to get it pinned up and honed.
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The pin at the pivot had already been snipped off on one side so I figured tapping the pin out from that side would be straightforward and simple. I was wrong. I should have headed to the drill press to drill out the end of that headless pin because I believe it had been re-peened just enough to not want to fit through the scale holes. In taking them apart I snapped one scale in two...sickening. An otherwise perfect set of old horn scales ruined. I should have taken pics but I was sickened by my lack of forethought and patience.
Luckily it snapped in a way that allowed the layers of horn to slide together and interlock with CA glue. It looks like crap but is more than structurally sound. Of course, the one that snapped is the more "honey" colored scale making the repair even more obvious. I suppose it's good that the scale with the etching wasn't the one broken though. I gave the scales a quick sanding and some mineral oil treatment to get them looking fresh again and turned my attention to the blade.
There was really only a bit of active rust on the tail and the tang so just some gentle work with worn out 220 and 320 paper followed by #0000 steel wool and Mother's metal polish cleaned up an otherwise already pretty clean blade. I could have been more aggressive and gone for a full polish but I didn't want to lose the blade etching.
Now to get it pinned up and honed.
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