Wow, Ian. That's cool!
Wow, Ian. That's cool!
Savage & sons 7/8 half hollow, circa 1840!
Macassar Ebonywood scales with MOP wedge and big ol whopper nickel Greaves style collars.
Now this one was a challenge. Under its initial layer of crud it was basically NOS, aside from a couple of rust spot that I very carefully removed as to preserve the original grind marks. But the REAL tricky part is that when Savage or one of his sons inserted the blade to do the grind, they didn't do it straight.. I don't mean off at an angle, I mean like twisted almost 15 degrees with their wrist then went straight in. The blade is straight and perfect but not in relation to the tang! Thankfully a little magic and BAM! Got it to close almost dead center anyway.
This thing is a beast. And it's really really old.
It is an old magnificent beast.
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Just finished pinning!
I got the rusty loose blade and made hone scale for this old BENGALL.
I was lucky that there's no deep corrosion marks near very edge.
Where in the world did you find that guy!?Here is what I am working on at the moment. William Greaves and sons wedge little over 8/8. I am just waiting on the sand paper to finish the blade should clean up nice!
Regards
-Ryan